Tepui toucanet

Tepui toucanet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Aulacorhynchus
Species: A. whitelianus
Binomial name
Aulacorhynchus whitelianus
Salvin & Godman, 1882
Subspecies

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Synonyms

Aulacorhynchus derbianus whitelianus

The tepui toucanet or Whitely's toucanet (Aulacorhynchus whitelianus) is a South American species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is native to the humid forests of the tepuis and other highlands of the Guiana Shield. It was formerly considered conspecific with the chestnut-tipped toucanet.

Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:[2]

References


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