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Araçari Poca A beautiful bird from the toucan family #252520204
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It is a small bird, measuring 33 cm in length and weighing approximately 170 grams. It shows marked dimorphism. The male has a black head, throat and chest, which are brown in the female. The beak has very visible stains.rnrnIt lives in the canopy of humid forests, in its interior and on the edges, basically in the Atlantic Forest. It shows a preference for the lower and middle strata of vegetation. Registered up to 1000 meters altitude.rnrnNative to South America, it occurs from Bahia, through Minas Gerais and down to Rio Grande do Sul, northeast region of Argentina, mainly in Misiones, and east of Paraguay.rnrnIt is a bird that calls at dawn or at dawn. It is often said that when the aracaris are beating and promoting a racket, it is a sign that the weather will turn around. Like other aracaris, several individuals usually sleep together in the same tree hole. It can go unnoticed unlike other aracaris. It usually drinks and bathes in bromeliads high in trees that are filled with rainwater.