Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii
Buenaventura, Ecuador - January 2013
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan is a subspecies of Yellow-throated Toucan (R. ambiguus). It is often treated as a separate species but, due to evidence of interbreeding in the contact zones and generally similarities between the two with regards to voice, behaviour and appearance, it is better treated as a race of Yellow-throated Toucan.
Buenaventura, Ecuador - January 2013
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