Listen to the Plate-billed mountain toucan
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About the Plate-billed mountain toucan
The Plate-billed mountain toucan is a bird in the family Ramphastidae (order Piciformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “near threatened”.
What does the Plate-billed mountain toucan sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The plate-billed mountain toucan (Andigena laminirostris) is a species of bird in the family Ramphastidae. It is native to the west slope of Ecuador and extreme southern Colombia, where it lives in the high-altitude humid mountain forests of the Andes.
The species has other names like the laminated hill-toucan, laminated mountain-toucan, and plain-billed mountain-toucan.
More from the family Ramphastidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Plate-billed mountain toucan sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Plate-billed mountain toucan on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Plate-billed mountain toucan endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Plate-billed mountain toucan as “near threatened”.
What family does the Plate-billed mountain toucan belong to?
The Plate-billed mountain toucan (Andigena laminirostris) belongs to the family Ramphastidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Pichincha: Tandayapa ridge 3 km SSW Tandayapa, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q762935 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Plate-billed mountain toucan – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by The Lilac Breasted Roller from Sullivan's Island, United States – CC BY 2.0