Mountain toucan | |
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Plate-billed mountain toucan Andigena laminirostris | |
Scientific classification | |
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.
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Andigena hypoglauca | Grey-breasted mountain toucan | Southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru | |
Andigena laminirostris | Plate-billed mountain toucan | Western Ecuador and far south-western Colombia | |
Andigena cucullata | Hooded mountain toucan | South-eastern Peru to central Bolivia | |
Andigena nigrirostris | Black-billed mountain toucan | Western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru | |
Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize additional species or subspecies as species belonging to the genus Andigena including:
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