Most Colorful Birds on the Planet (And Where to Find Them)
16. Curl-crested Aracari
Latin name: Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
Unique colorful feature: Blue-ringed eye and multi-colored body
Where they are found: Amazon Basin in South America
Size: Length: 16 to 18 inches (40 to 45 cm); Weight: 6.7 to 9.9 ounces (190 to 280 g)
Diet: fruit
This toucan hangs out with his own peeps while foraging in fruit trees in the lowland forests of Western Brazil, Northern Peru, and Central Bolivia.
Curl crested aracari Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
Boasting a yellow chest and underparts, red back, dark green wings, and tail, and a multicolored beak, this colorful toucan looks like he’s wearing a Jheri curl perm from the 1980s due to the unusual black, tightly curled feathers on his head.
As monogamous birds, both male and female make their nest together in former woodpecker hollows and share in the incubation and raising of 3 to 4 eggs.
Latin name: Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
Unique colorful feature: Blue-ringed eye and multi-colored body
Where they are found: Amazon Basin in South America
Size: Length: 16 to 18 inches (40 to 45 cm); Weight: 6.7 to 9.9 ounces (190 to 280 g)
Diet: fruit
This toucan hangs out with his own peeps while foraging in fruit trees in the lowland forests of Western Brazil, Northern Peru, and Central Bolivia.
Curl crested aracari Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
Boasting a yellow chest and underparts, red back, dark green wings, and tail, and a multicolored beak, this colorful toucan looks like he’s wearing a Jheri curl perm from the 1980s due to the unusual black, tightly curled feathers on his head.
As monogamous birds, both male and female make their nest together in former woodpecker hollows and share in the incubation and raising of 3 to 4 eggs.
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28 June 2022
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