Pteroglossus aracari
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The black-necked aracari or black-necked araçari (Pteroglossus aracari) is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. The black-necked aracari was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the toucans in the genus Ramphastos and coined the binomial name Ramphastos aracari. Linnaeus based his description on the "Aracari" that had been described and illustrated by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in 1648 and the "Toucan or Brazilian Pye" that had been described and illustrated by the English naturalist George Edwards in 1747. The black-necked aracari is now placed in genus Pteroglossus that was introduced in 1811 by the German zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with glōssa meaning "tongue". The specific epithet aracari comes from Arassari, the name of the species in the Tupi language. Alternative common names include Wied's aracari and Maximilian's aracari.
Three subspecies of black-necked aracari... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leipzig Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Beijing Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Parque y Zoológico Nacional Arquitecto Manuel Valverde Podestá | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 8 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Caldwell Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Parque Zoobotânico Getúlio Vargas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Zoologischer Garten Leipzig | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Emirates Park Zoo | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 14 | Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 15 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 16 | Discovery Cove | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Leningrad Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 18 | Zoopark Limpopo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 19 | Mangal das Garças | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 20 | Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 21 | Almere Jungle | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 22 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 23 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Wolfgang-Köhler-Primaten-Forschungszentrum | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 25 | Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-necked Aracari sighting in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 219th most-seen of the 291 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-necked Aracari in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-necked 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.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Black-necked Aracari sightings, Anavilhanas National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, under 5%) and Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-necked Aracari is recorded against all the birds logged in Anavilhanas National Park (11 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.
