plumes

rhamphotheca:

Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris), Mindo, Ecuador

- found in humid montane forests growing on the west Andean slopes in north-western Ecuador and south-western Colombia at a wide range of high, mountain altitudes. This bird is mainly a fruit-eater and is quite active and noisy, making calls sometimes referred to as a pack of hounds. This species is near threatened according to the IUCN Red List because of habitat loss… (Wikipedia)

(photo: Francisco Veronesi)