Pteroglossus inscriptus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The lettered aracari or lettered araçari (Pteroglossus inscriptus) is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World treats it as a species, "Humboldt's araçari". The SACC is soliciting a proposal to adopt that treatment.
This article follows the IOC et al. two-subspecies model. The lettered aracari is 33 to 35.5 cm (13 to 14 in) long. The nominate subspecies weighs about 100 to 130 g (3.5 to 4.6 oz) and P. i. humboldti about 110 to 185 g (3.9 to 6.5 oz). In both the male is larger than the female and has a longer bill. Their bills have a complex pattern. The nominate's has a mostly yellow maxilla... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoológico de Brasília | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lettered Aracari sighting in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 238th most-seen of the 436 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, May and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lettered Aracari in Amacayacu National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–August and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lettered Aracari sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Lettered Aracari sightings, Amacayacu National Natural Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 30%), Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 20%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).
Same genus: Pteroglossus
The closest relatives of the Lettered Aracari that you can see in Amacayacu National Natural Park (genus Pteroglossus, Aracaris) are Chestnut-eared Aracari (about 20%) and Many-banded Aracari (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lettered Aracari is recorded against all the birds logged in Amacayacu National Natural Park (37 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
