Andigena nigrirostris
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The black-billed mountain toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The black-billed mountain toucan was originally described in genus Pteroglossus.
A. n. spilorhynchus was originally described as the species Andigena spilorhynchus. The three subspecies of black-billed mountain toucan have almost the same plumage. They have a black cap and nape and bronzy upperparts with a pale yellow rump. Their tail is dark slate with chestnut tips on the central two or three pairs of feathers. Their face and throat are white becoming pale blue on the breast; their thighs are chestnut and their undertail coverts are red. Bare skin surrounds their eye; it is pale blue before it and yellow or orange behind. Subspecies A. n. occidentalis' plumage differs from that of the other two only by having darker chestnut thighs.
Within each subspecies both sexes have the same bill pattern but the female's bill... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-billed Mountain-Toucan sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 129 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-billed Mountain-Toucan in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April, June–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-billed Mountain-Toucan 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-billed Mountain-Toucan sightings, Chingaza National Natural Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-billed Mountain-Toucan is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (129 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.
