Mountain toucan

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.

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

4, see text

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Andigena hypoglaucaGrey-breasted mountain toucanSouthern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Andigena laminirostrisPlate-billed mountain toucanWestern Ecuador and far south-western Colombia
Andigena cucullataHooded mountain toucanSouth-eastern Peru to central Bolivia
Andigena nigrirostrisBlack-billed mountain toucanWestern Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru

Former species

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

References

  1. "Ramphastidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. "Pteroglossus bailloni - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  • 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


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