Black-necked Aracari / Zwartnekarassari, Bosrokoman

Black-necked Aracari (Pteroglossus aracari)

Pictures (click on them to enlarge)
© Dominiek Plouvier	© Dominiek Plouvier	© Erik Toorman
young bird © Paul van Giersbergen	© Ton Plug	© Ton Plug
© Dennis Binda	© Stephan Ferrier

Black-necked Aracari: These toucans are mostly seen in groups of up to 5 birds. They are quite common in savanna forest and in the lowland rainforest in Suriname.
The first two photos were made by Dominiek Plouvier in Suriname one in 2021 and one in 1986 of three. He writes: 'A Black- necked Aracari on top of a tree, with an epiphytic Coussapoa angustifolia, this is a sometimes 10-15m tree on top of another tree ! .'
Erik Toorman's aracari was seen from below in Coronie in 2003. The photo made by Stephan Ferrier is of a bird near its nesthole at Awarradam, February 2005.
Dominiek Plouvier made the video where the Aracaris eat the fruits of a Ficus americana and he also made the second video

Video (click the link or the 'play'-button to see)
Video recording of a Black-necked Aracari © ;	Video recording of a Black-necked Aracari © ;

Distribution

Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least four observations on different days and the largest ones ten or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
Not all places in Suriname have been equally often visited by birders, so the distribution of the squares gives an indication of the whereabouts of the birds, but also of the birders. Some places deep in the south have no reported bird observations, by experienced birders, within 60 kilometer.

Abundance in different areas
coastal zone (blue dots on the map) :
northern savannas (yellow dots (in the north)) :
rainforest under 400 m (red dots) :
rainforest above 400 m (red dots) :
Sipaliwini savanna (yellow dots (in the south)) :
A blank is shown if not convincingly reported in the zone. Data interpreted by Arie Spaans, Otte Ottema and Jan Hein Ribot.

Names
Scientific name:	Pteroglossus aracari
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Ramphastidae, 7 in Suriname
Dutch:	Zwartnekarassari, Bosrokoman
English:	Black-necked Aracari
Sranan ('Surinamese'):	Bosrokoman, Redibanti Kuyake
Guyana:
Papiamento:
Spanish (Venezuela):	Tilingo cuellinegro
Portugese (Brazil):	Araçari-de-bico-branço
Arowak:
Carib:
French:	Araçari grigri

Observations through the year	Observations of breeding through the year

The 502 reported observations of this bird in Suriname, mainly for the last 50 years up to 2018, have been grouped by month. More birds on one day are counted as one observation. Of course, if the graph should depict the total number of birds seen, the differences between the months could be much more pronounced.	The 5 reported breeding observations of this bird in Suriname. Most observations are about nest with eggs, some about fledglings, or feeding at a nest or the building of a nest. Of the about 5000 nests and eggs found for all species together, about 1/3 comes from the egg collection of Penard between 1896 and 1905. For some reason most collecting then was done in the first half of each year, so the shown distribution does not necessarily reflect the actual breeding preferences. The main dry season in Suriname is reckoned to be from half August to the end of November, the main wet season from half April to half August, but the the timing of begin and end does vary from year to year. Around March a second dry season often occurs.

Observations through the year

Observations of breeding through the year

The 502 reported observations of this bird in Suriname, mainly for the last 50 years up to 2018, have been grouped by month. More birds on one day are counted as one observation. Of course, if the graph should depict the total number of birds seen, the differences between the months could be much more pronounced.

The 5 reported breeding observations of this bird in Suriname. Most observations are about nest with eggs, some about fledglings, or feeding at a nest or the building of a nest.

Of the about 5000 nests and eggs found for all species together, about 1/3 comes from the egg collection of Penard between 1896 and 1905. For some reason most collecting then was done in the first half of each year, so the shown distribution does not necessarily reflect the actual breeding preferences.
The main dry season in Suriname is reckoned to be from half August to the end of November, the main wet season from half April to half August, but the the timing of begin and end does vary from year to year. Around March a second dry season often occurs.

Last update: September 2024 by Jan Hein Ribot. Please mail your comments, photos to: jhribot ( residing at ) gmail (point!) com.
observations can be uploaded to suriname.observation.org or ebird.org ).