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title: "Northern Emerald-Toucanet"
description: "Aulacorhynchus prasinus — Uccelli. The northern emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) also called the Wagler’s toucanet, is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/northern-emerald-toucanet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Emerald-Toucanet

> Aulacorhynchus prasinus — Uccelli. The northern emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) also called the Wagler’s toucanet, is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae.

- Scientific name: *Aulacorhynchus prasinus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 3758
- Wikidata: [Q179747](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179747)
- iNaturalist taxon: [559387](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/559387)

## Names

- en: Northern Emerald-Toucanet
- de: Laucharassari
- es: Tucancillo Verde
- fr: Toucanet émeraude
- nl: Smaragdarassari
- pt: Araçari-de-nariz-verde
- pl: Pieprzojad szmaragdowy

## Countries with the most observations

CR (2024), MX (607), GT (237), PA (209), HN (138), NI (64), BZ (51), SV (50)

## Summary

The northern emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) also called the Wagler’s toucanet, is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It occurs in montane regions from southern Mexico to southern Panama.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_emerald_toucanet

## Photo

![Northern Emerald-Toucanet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-emerald-toucanet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103561771

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-emerald-toucanet?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).