The blue-throated toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) is a near-passerine bird living in the mountain forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. While sometimes considered a species based primarily on morphology, most authorities continue to consider it a subspecies of the emerald toucanet, in which case the scientific name of the blue-throated toucanet is Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis.