The Story
This Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) was photographed at Birdwatch La Conchita, at Kilometer 18 near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, at about 1,950 meters. This small toucan of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela has a brownish red and black bill with a vertical white line at the base. Males and females share the same plumage, but females have shorter bills. It lives in evergreen forest, forest edges and fruiting trees in pastures and gardens, and it forages alone, in pairs or in small groups, eating mostly fruit. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I photographed it with a Canon R5 and the RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L, at 1/350 sec, f/6.7, ISO 400, −0.5 EV. The San Antonio cloud forest at Kilometer 18 is recognized as an Important Bird Area and a Key Biodiversity Area, with the Multicolored Tanager as its symbol species.
©2023 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) belongs to the family Ramphastidae (Toucans) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2025), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List