Southern Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta) - 10Aug2024

I have benefitted from the split of the Northern and Southern Emerald Toucanet from the old species of Emerald Toucanet.  I saw the Northern one up in Costa Rica and the Southern in Colombia where this one was photographed. I think the Northern one is a little more striking with the blue face, but both are pleasing to the eye.  This one came in to feeders at Ukuku Lodge.

Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) - 15Aug2024

These funny looking birds are one of two species in the genus Semnornis with Prong-billed Barbet being the other.  They tend to stay pretty high up in high elevation canopy forest in Colombia and Ecuador.  They are very loud with their calls traveling great distance.  We heard them on my second trip to Colombia in the central cordillera, but it took some time to locate them way up over 100 yards away.  They are considered to be "Near Threatened" because they are fairly picky in their nesting trees, preferring  older trees of a specific family (Laurels).  

Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) - 13Aug2024

Red-headed Barbets is one of four colorful species in the genus Eubucco.   We had ours in Florida, Colombia which was actually the home town of our bird guide on both of my trips to Colombia.  Some birds just look angry, and this is one of them.

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) - 19Aug2022

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar is found in a wide range throughout Central and South America.  Although I had seen a few, I thought I was doomed to get poor looks through the forest.   However, in my trip to the Pantanal in Brazil we saw many at point blank even in suburban gardens.

 

Brown Jacamar (Brachygalba lugubris) - 15Aug2022

My only sighting of this species was from very far off in my first trip to Brazil at Chapada dos Guimaeres.  Although they are not uncommon, they certainly are not easy to find.

Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) - 15Aug2024

This mainly high elevation denizen of humid forests is fairly wide-spread in the Andes of South America but has many sub-species so it could be ripe for splits.  I got my best looks in Colombia where these pictures were taken.