The curl-crested araçari is primarily a frugivore but will also take nestlings of birds, such as the yellow-rumped cacique.
The curl-crested araçari’s diet is poorly known, but it is known to be primarily a frugivore. Fruits, such as figs and those of Ocotea, make up the vast majority of its diet.
Curl-crested araçari will also eat eggs and take nestlings of birds, such as the yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela). This is thought to happen most when the araçari is nesting.
• Image | © Heather Paul, Some Rights Reserved, (CC BY-ND 2.0)
• Sources | (Dallas World Aquarium, 2019; deGraauw, 2001; Johnson, 2011; Short & Bonan, 2019; The Wikimiedia Foundation, 2019)
