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3 unusual facts about Green Aracari


Aracari

The ischnoceran louse Austrophilopterus flavirostris is suspected to parasitize most if not all species of aracaris, with the possible exception of the Green Aracari (Price & Weckstein 2005).

Green Aracari

Its diet consists mostly of fruit, including the fruits of Cecropia trees and the palm Oenocarpus bacaba.

Oenocarpus

The fruit of Oenocarpus palms are food for various animals, such as the Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) for which O. bacaba fruit are a mainstay food.



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