Pteroglossus inscriptus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 169th most-seen of the 418 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lettered Aracari in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and June–December, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra de la Macarena National Park's wettest months, with about 430 mm of rain against 95 mm in January.
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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Lettered Aracari sightings, Sierra de la Macarena National Park ranks 4th 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 Sierra de la Macarena National Park (genus Pteroglossus, Aracaris) are Chestnut-eared Aracari (about 40%) and Many-banded Aracari (about 10%), 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 Sierra de la Macarena National Park (57 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.
