Crimson-rumped Toucanet

La historia

This Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) 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.

El ave

The Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) pertenece a la familia Ramphastidae (Toucans) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.

Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)

Conservación

Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2025), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN