NEST: PALE-MANDIBLED ARAÇARI Pteroglossus erythropygius Regurgitating Fruit at Nest in Mindo in Northwestern Ecuador.

PALE MANDIBLED ARAÇARI Pteroglossus erythropygius. This Pale-mandibled Araçari is perching on the lower rim of the nest hole regurgitating an Aguacatillo Fruit Persea caerulea Lauraceae. A fraction of a second after this photo was taken the fruit was visible in its bill. The araçari visited the nest to deliver fruit to young inside the nest cavity. The nest is in a large tree on a mountainside just south of Mindo in northwestern Ecuador and the photo was taken at 10:35 AM on August 20, 2019.

Species that are cooperative breeders have adult offspring from a previous clutch of eggs that act as helpers in that they help their parents to raise their siblings. The helpers bring food to the nest and may also help to guard it from predators.

At this nest we could hear what sounded like multiple young in the nest but the adults feeding them inserted their heads almost completely into the nest cavity to give the young food indicating that the young at this date were still relatively small.

At one point we sighted three adults simultaneously, each with food in its bill, waiting to deliver the food to the young. And four adults were seen at one time either with food in their bill or perched within 30 meters or so of the nest hole. Food delivered included fruit and insects.

The Pale-mandibled Araçari belongs to the family Ramphastidae and is found in western Ecuador and Perú. It is considered by some workers to be a subspecies of the COLLARED ARAÇARI Pteroglossus torquatus erythropygius.

Un Arasari Piquipálido Pteroglossus erythropygius está perchado en el borde inferior de su nido y está regurgitando una fruta de Aguacatillo Persea caerulea Lauraceae a las 10 y 35 de la mañana el 20 de agosto de 2019. Una fracción de segundo después de sacar la foto, la fruta estaba visible en el pico. El nido está en un árbol grande en la faldas de una montaña al sur de Mindo en el noroccidente de Ecuador.

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Taken in: Ecuador / Provincia de Pichincha / Mindo / Yaguira (show map)

Taken on: August 20, 2019

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