See text The black-throated toucanet (Aulacorhynchus atrogularis) is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae.

In 2008 the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) split 10 of those subspecies to create seven new species, one of which is the black-throated toucanet, and retained four of them as subspecies of their current emerald toucanet sensu stricto.

In 2017 they did split the emerald toucanet into two species, the northern (A. prasinus) and southern (A. albivitta) emerald-toucanets, each with seven subspecies.

All subspecies have olive green legs and feet with dusky yellow soles.

[9] The black-throated toucanet forages by gleaning in the middle to upper levels of the forest, usually while perched.

Its diet is eclectic and includes a wide variety of fruits, terrestrial invertebrates, and small vertebrate prey.