Habitat: This Toucanet species favors humid forests in the lowlands and foothills. Distribution: This species has been reported from southern Honduras to northwestern Ecuador. Natural History Notes: The Yellow-eared Toucanet is usually found alone or in pairs, foraring at high tree levels. It likes to be perched on open branches. Its call sounds like the Keel-billed Toucan, but is weaker. Conservation status according to IUCN 2008 Red list: Least Concern (LC). Characteristics: This species has a total lengt of 38 cm (measured from tip of bill to end of tail) and of up to 9 cm in length. The bill of this bird is mostly black with the upper part of the upper mandible yellowish-green. The area of bare skin around the eye is green above and yellow below. The bare skin area has a more bluish coloration in the male. The male has the head, the neck and the underparts all black with a characteristic yellow patch of feathers on the ear-coverts. Then, the back and the wings are olive green and we can distinguish a yellow patch on the flanks. The under tail-coverts is red. The female looks similar but does not show the yellow ear patch and has the crown and the hindneck chestnut colored.