Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Piciformes > Ramphastidae > Pteroglossus > Pteroglossus viridisPteroglossus viridis (Green Aracari)Synonyms: Ramphastos viridis The green aracari (US /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AHR-ə-SAHR-ee, UK /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAHR-ee or /ˌɑːrəˈkɑːri/ ARR-ə-KAHR-ee), or green araçari (Pteroglossus viridis), is a toucan, a near-passerine bird. It is found in the lowland forests of northeastern South America (the Guiana Shield), in the northeast Amazon Basin, the Guianas and the eastern Orinoco River drainage of Venezuela. At 30–40 cm. (12–16 in) long and weighing 110–160 grams (3.9–5.7 oz.), it is the smallest aracari in its range, and among the smallest members of the toucan family. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.03099 EDGE Score: 1.61562 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 135 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 33 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 33 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 33 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 3 | | Incubation [3] | 17 days | | Snout to Vent Length [5] | 14 inches (35 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
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Guianan Freshwater swamp forests |
Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan Highlands moist forests |
Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan moist forests |
Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan savanna |
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Marajó varzea |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Pantepuis |
Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests |
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais e Entorno |
Brazil |
A2, A3 |
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Bakhuys mountains |
Suriname |
A1, A3 |
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Boven Coesewijne Nature Reserve (BCNR) |
Suriname |
A3 |
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Brownsberg Nature Park (BB) |
Suriname |
A3 |
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Campamento Junglaven |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Campinas e Várzeas do Rio Branco |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Centraal Suriname Nature Reserve (CSNR) |
Suriname |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kabalebo / Arapahu |
Suriname |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Lely mountain |
Suriname |
A3 |
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Lucifer |
French Guiana |
A3 |
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Montagne Kaw |
French Guiana |
A3 |
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Nassau mountain |
Suriname |
A3 |
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North-West Suriname IBA |
Suriname |
A2, A3 |
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Nouragues |
French Guiana |
A1, A3 |
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Parc Amazonien de Guyane et Saül |
French Guiana |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Montanhas do Tumucumaque |
Brazil |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Forestal Imataca |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Rorota |
French Guiana |
A2 |
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Sipaliwini Nature Reserve |
Suriname |
A1, A3 |
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Tepuis do Amazonas |
Brazil |
A2, A3 |
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Trinité |
French Guiana |
A1, A3 |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Short, LL, and JFM Horne. 2001. Toucans, barbets, and honeyguides. Oxford University Press, Oxford ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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