COLLARED ARACARI
Species Data
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Scientific Name: Pteroglossus torquatus
IUCN Red List status: Least Concern
Description
The Collared Aracari is a distinctive bird from the toucan family with a large range stretching across the forests from Mexico to Venezuela.
Behaviour
The Collared Aracari has a diet of mainly fruit, but will also eat large insects and small vertebrates, eggs and hatchlings of other species. They are generally found in groups of 3-10 individuals, in which they will travel short distances together, however, they are not a migratory species
Habitat
The Collared Aracari is adapted to survive across a variety of environments, including forests with a wide range of rainfall, forest edges and some agricultural areas.
Threats and Conservation
The Collared Aracari suffers from habitat loss due to logging and agricultural expansion, the total population has been unable to be determined. Some indigenous groups are known to hunt the Collared Aracari, but this is on such a small scale that it likely has little to no impact on the population
