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title: "Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula"
description: "Avicularia rufa — Insecten en spinnen. Avicularia rufa is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-banded-pinktoe-tarantula-avicularia-rufa
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula

> Avicularia rufa — Insecten en spinnen. Avicularia rufa is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae.

- Scientific name: *Avicularia rufa*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 540
- Wikidata: [Q2242921](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2242921)
- iNaturalist taxon: [567360](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/567360)

## Names

- en: Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula

## Countries with the most observations

BR (413), BO (35), PE (22), EC (6)

## Summary

Avicularia rufa is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae. Specimens from the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Rondônia have regularly been misidentified as Avicularia juruensis. One difference is the vivid yellow rings on the legs of A. rufa compared to the paler rings of A. juruensis.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-banded Pinktoe Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-banded-pinktoe-tarantula-avicularia-rufa/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ítalo Rocha · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314944221

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-banded-pinktoe-tarantula-avicularia-rufa?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).