Crimson-rumped toucanet

Crimson-rumped toucanet
Coming for bananas in the West Andes of Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Aulacorhynchus
Species: A. haematopygus
Binomial name
Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
(Gould, 1835)
Subspecies

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The crimson-rumped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Its plumage is overall green (often faintly tinged blue), except for a maroon-red rump and tail-tip. The bill is black and maroon with a white band at the base. It is about 35 cm (14 in) long and weighs from 141–232 grams (5–8.2 oz.).

Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[2]

References

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