Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Photo by Ann Doty

Andigena laminirostris

Adult

©Ann Doty

Location: Ecuador > Pichincha
Date: Jun 21, 2019
Caption: #photocontest2019

Ecoroute ridge
Pichincha Ecuador
with VENT tour guide Michael O'Brien

Plumage is colorful, with blue underparts, coppery back, black crown and nape, red undertail coverts, and yellow crescent below eye. Yellow “plate” on bill is its most distinctive feature, but it is reduced or lacking on juvenile birds. No other mountain-toucan occurs in its range.