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Yellow-browed toucanet
Aulacorhynchus huallagae
The yellow-browed toucanet (Aulacorhynchus huallagae) is an Endangered species of near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is endemic to Peru.
The yellow-browed toucanet is 38 to 44 cm (15 to 17 in) long and weighs about 250 to 280 g (8.8 to 9.9 oz). The sexes are alike. Their bill is mostly bluish gray with a whitish gray tip and a bright white band at the base. They are mostly yellowish green above with a purer green crown. The face and sides of the neck are apple green with a short narrow yellow supercilium and bare black skin around the reddish eye. Their throat is whitish that becomes greener to a bright blue band across the lower breast. Their belly and flanks are yellowish green and their undertail coverts are golden yellow. Their tail's upper surface is green with a blue wash on the central pair of feathers; the innermost two pairs have chestnut tips. The tail's underside is dusky bluish.
Aliases
Aulacorhynchus huallagae
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