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Red-necked aracari

Pteroglossus bitorquatus Vigors, 1826

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The red-necked aracari (Pteroglossus bitorquatus) is a species in the family Ramphastidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 135 g to 143.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Red-necked aracari (Pteroglossus bitorquatus)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-necked aracari

Weight
135 g – 143.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red-necked aracari live?

Not recorded

What is the red-necked aracari?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-necked aracari or red-necked araçari (Pteroglossus bitorquatus) is a bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-necked aracari” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-necked_aracari&oldid=1383374917), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the red-necked aracari endangered?

The red-necked aracari is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the red-necked aracari classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyRamphastidae
  6. genusPteroglossus
  7. SpeciesPteroglossus bitorquatus Vigors, 1826
Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • Eastern red-necked araçariEnglish
  • Eastern red-necked araçariEnglish
  • Red-necked araçariEnglish
  • أركاري ذو العنق الأحمرArabic
  • Araçarí collroig orientalCatalan
  • aracari coll-roig orientalCatalan
  • arassari červenokrkýCzech
  • arasari gyddfgochWelsh
  • Rødhalset ArasariDanish
  • RotnackenarassariGerman
  • Ost-RotnackenarassariGerman
  • Rotnacken-ArassariGerman
  • ruĝkola arasarioEsperanto
  • Arasarí cuellirrojo orientalSpanish
  • punatuukanEstonian
  • پرزبان گردنسرخPersian
  • amazonianarakariFinnish
  • Araçari à double collierFrench
  • ogrličasti arakariCroatian
  • vörösnyakú arasszáriHungarian
  • Aracari collorossoItalian
  • アオハシチュウハシJapanese
  • raudonkaklis arakarisLithuanian
  • Кок корнан арасариWestern Mari
  • RoodhalsarassariDutch
  • rødbrysttukanNorwegian
  • arasari rdzawoszyiPolish
  • لالتؤنوالا ٹوکانWestern Panjabi
  • araçari-de-pescoço-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Двухполосый арасариRussian
  • Красношейный арасариRussian
  • arasari červenoprsýSlovak
  • Crvenovrati arakariSerbian
  • rödnackad araçariSwedish
  • rödnackad arassariSwedish
  • Kırmızı Enseli ArasariTurkish
  • аракарі червоношиїйUkrainian
  • 紅頸阿拉卡鴷Chinese
  • 红颈簇舌巨嘴鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the red-necked aracari

Other species in the same genus Pteroglossus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the red-necked aracari?

An adult red-necked aracari weighs 135 g – 143.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-necked aracari endangered?

The red-necked aracari is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the red-necked aracari?

The red-necked aracari (Pteroglossus bitorquatus) belongs to the family Ramphastidae in the order Piciformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{red_necked_aracari_2026,
  title = {Red-necked aracari (Pteroglossus bitorquatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-necked-aracari},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}