Avibase: Selenidera spectabilis (Yellow-eared Toucanet)

Yellow-eared Toucanet

Selenidera spectabilis Cassin, J 1858

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Guillermo Nagy Aramacao Tours	2021-01-20	Sendero Rio Tundo, Chocó, Colombia, Chocó (Colombia)	-	324633511 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Andrew Spencer	2013-03-19	Cerro Pirre, northwestern slope middle camp, Darien, Darién (Panama) (600 m)	song - song from a male bird in response to playback. While singing the bird rocked up and down on a branch in the subcanopy of tall primary forest on a steep slope. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	127815 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Gary Stiles (Colección de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humbol	1991-02-07	Chocó, Bahía Solano, PNN Ensenada de Utría, a ridge above Morro negro, Chocó (Colombia)	mechanical - BSA 10713 To obtain a wav file of the original recording, please contact [email protected] bird-seen:no playback-used:no	148094 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Andrew Spencer	2013-03-19	Cerro Pirre, northwestern slope middle camp, Darien, Darién (Panama) (600 m)	song - natural vocalization; song from a male bird. While singing the bird rocked up and down on a branch in the subcanopy of tall primary forest on a steep slope. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	127817 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Joost van Bruggen	2023-12-28	Mirador Vistamares, Cerro Azul, Panama, Panamá (Panama) (900 m)	song - [sono]	864048 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Peter Boesman	2010-03-25	Las Heliconias Lodge, Alajuela, Guanacaste (Costa Rica) (800 m)	song - [sono]	274644 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Liliana Chavarria-Duriaux	2015-04-22	La Ceiba Camp, Saslaya NP, BOSAWAS, Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte (Nicaragua) (500 m)	song - Primary forest. Bird in the canopy. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	239472 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Andrew Spencer	2013-03-19	Cerro Pirre, northwestern slope middle camp, Darien, Darién (Panama) (600 m)	song - song from a male bird in response to playback. While singing the bird rocked up and down on a branch in the subcanopy of tall primary forest on a steep slope. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	127816 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Mike Melton	2025-01-16	, Alajuela (Costa Rica)	-	629184301 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Mike Melton	2025-01-19	, Alajuela (Costa Rica)	-	629349920 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Iván Lau	2020-08-18	Cupica, Choco, Chocó (Colombia) (180 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	588709 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Gary Rosenberg	1987-01-17	PN Braulio Carrillo--Localidad General (favor usar una más específica), San José, Costa Rica, San José (Costa Rica)	-	336332371 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Gary Rosenberg	1987-10-10	PN Braulio Carrillo--Puente Río Sucio, San José, Costa Rica, San José (Costa Rica)	-	337867591 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Scott Olmstead	2010-02-08	, Heredia (Costa Rica)	-	203939431 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Peter Boesman	2015-02-23	Cerro Azul area, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama)	call - [sono]	271581 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	William Adsett	2014-04-27	Altos del Torreón, Altos de Cerro Azul, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (800 m)	Bill clacking, call - One of a pair feeding from non-native pine cones by picking them off trees and rolling them in beak, presumably to extract seeds. Typical rasping call and then single clacking noises. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	213080 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	William Adsett	29-03-2009	Altos del Torreón, Altos de Cerro Azul, Panama (Panama) (850 m)	Call (A) - Male calling in family feeding group	33335 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Brendan Sloan	2022-04-13	Quebrada Gonzales Trail, Costa Rica (Costa Rica) (500 masl app m)	call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	737973 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Bill Pyle	2026-03-21	, Cartago (Costa Rica)	-	654106468 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Bill Pyle	2026-03-21	Reserva El Copal [Tuasito], Cartago, Paraíso (Costa Rica) (1046 m)	call - Pair alternated calling; male call loudest, usually often four-six clacking calls.	1106451 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Andrew Sandoval	2022-03-26	, Cartago (Costa Rica)	-	450275411 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	James (Jim) Holmes	2024-02-29	, Darién (Panama)	-	616114704 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Greg Harrington	2025-02-14	, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama)	-	630686466 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-eared Toucanet - Selenidera spectabilis	Diego Calderón-Franco @diegoCOLbirding	2021-02-27	Campamento base 700m Córdoba, CO (8,006, -76,076), Córdoba, Colombia, Córdoba (Colombia)	-	315189581 macaulaylibrary.org

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