Yellow-browed Toucanet

The Yellow-browed Toucanet is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Yellow-browed Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus huallagae) is a rare species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. Among the least known members of the family, it is endemic to humid forests growing on the east Andean slope in northern Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss, and consequently considered endangered by BirdLife International and IUCN. Uniquely among Aulacorhynchus toucanets, its vent is bright yellow. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Aulacorhynchus huallagae. More

The Yellow-browed Toucanet was described from a single male specimen collected "on the trail to Utcubamba, in the Huallaga Valley, east of Tayabamba" Peru, on May 3, 1932, by Carriker. The specimen was collected from "a small band" of birds, the only individuals he saw in the area. The species was not seen again for 47 years, until 1979, when members of a Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science (LSUMZ) expedition found them while following Carriker’s trail. More

The Yellow-browed Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus huallagae) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - BirdLife International 2004. Aulacorhynchus huallagae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

only the yellow-browed toucanet (Aulacorhynchus huallagae) is considered Endangered. The main threat to this Peruvian species is loss of habitat. Three additional species are considered Near Threatened, however. The saffron toucanet (Baillonius bailloni) of central South America is threatened by habitat destruction, capture for the cage bird industry, and hunting to some degree. Two of the mountain toucans—the plate-billed (Andigena laminirostris) and gray-breasted (Andigena hypoglauca)—are threatened by habitat destruction in the Andes, where they are endemic. More

bird such as the rare yellow-browed toucanet can find a diversity of vegetation types and ages, due to disturbance and the steep vertical drop of the terrain.Nature on the Rebound by Young, Kenneth R. More