Biology:Mountain toucan

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Short description: Genus of birds

Mountain toucan
Andigena laminirostris.jpg
Plate-billed mountain toucan
Andigena laminirostris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Andigena
Gould, 1851
Type species
Pteroglossus hypoglaucus[1]
Gould, 1833
Species

4, see text

Andigena, the mountain toucans, is a genus of birds in the family Ramphastidae. They are found in humid highland forests in the Andes of South America, ranging from Bolivia to Venezuela. These medium-sized toucans all have olive-brown upperparts, a black crown, yellow rump, blue-grey underparts and a red vent.

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

Genus Andigena – Gould, 1851 – four species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Grey-breasted mountain toucan

Andigena hypoglauca
(Gould, 1833)

Two subspecies
  • A. h. hypoglauca (Gould, 1833)
  • A. h. lateralis (Chapman, 1923)
Southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Plate-billed mountain toucan

Andigena laminirostris
Gould, 1851 		Western Ecuador and far south-western Colombia
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Diet: 		 NT 


Hooded mountain toucan

Andigena cucullata
(Gould, 1846) 		South-eastern Peru to central Bolivia
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Diet: 		 LC 


Black-billed mountain toucan

Andigena nigrirostris
(Waterhouse, 1839)

Three subspecies
  • A. n. nigrirostris (Waterhouse, 1839)
  • A. n. occidentalis (Chapman, 1915)
  • A. n. spilorhynchus (Gould, 1858)
Western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Former species

Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize additional species or subspecies as species belonging to the genus Andigena including:

References

  1. ↑ "Ramphastidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=94. 
  2. ↑ "Pteroglossus bailloni - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=134351108747B8D7. 
  • Restall, R. L., C. Rodner, & M. Lentino. (2006). Birds of Northern South America. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN:0-7136-7243-9 (vol. 1). ISBN:0-7136-7242-0 (vol. 2).
  • Schulenberg, T., D. Stotz, D. Lane, J. O' Neill, & T. Parker III. 2007. Birds of Peru. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN:978-0-7136-8673-9


Wikidata ☰ Q760672 entry




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