SPOT-BILLED TOUCANET Selendiera maculirostris ATLANTIC FOREST
The beautiful Spot-billed Toucanet is the smallest and most secretive of the Paraguayan Toucans. Unlike other species they are not gregarious, living in pairs hopping around in dense vegetation, often the only clue to their presence being the distinctly frog-like call.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE528PH) Ventral view of adult male, Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE529PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE530PH) Male head detail, So Aguara´i (Myriam Velazquez June 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE531PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008)
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE532PH) Adult male found dead head detail, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE533PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE534PH) Same individual underwing (Paul Smith September 2010).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE535VI) Same individual as (FPAVE528PH) territorial calling (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE536VI) Adult male feeding, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
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Selenidera maculirostris
1 (FPAVE537RE) Call  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
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