Profile
In flight
Toucans & Aracaris
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
- uncommon
- 39 km/h
- Least Concern
Nests inside woodpecker holes in Andean cloud forest. The crimson tail base blazes like a warning light every time it lands.
- Population
- Not numerically quantified by IUCN/BirdLife; described as fairly common across its Andean range with a presumed stable population trend
- Habitat
- Humid evergreen montane and foothill forest (roughly 300-2,200 m, occasionally to 2,750 m), plus forest edges, secondary forest, and semi-open areas with fruiting trees (pastures, gardens)
- Fun fact
- It is the only red-rumped member of its genus (Aulacorhynchus) found in northern South America, making it unmistakable within its range; both males and females sing, sometimes in duet, and pairs typically nest in abandoned woodpecker holes.
- Range
- Andes of southwestern Venezuela (Serranía del Perijá), Colombia (both slopes, Western Andes), and south to southwestern Ecuador (Loja Province)
- Diet
- Primarily fruit, supplemented with invertebrates and small vertebrate prey (including bird eggs/nestlings) taken in the canopy
- Size
- 0.42 m
- Lifespan
- 15 years
