Stripe-billed aracari

Stripe-billed aracari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Pteroglossus
Species: P. sanguineus
Binomial name
Pteroglossus sanguineus
Gould, 1854

The stripe-billed aracari (US /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AHR-ə-SAHR-ee,[1] UK /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAHR-ee or /ˌɑːrəˈkɑːri/ ARR-ə-KAHR-ee),[2] or stripe-billed araçari (Pteroglossus sanguineus), is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Taxonomy and systematics

The stripe-billed aracari is considered to be a subspecies of the collared aracari by some authourities.[3]

References

  1. "Aracari". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc.). Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  2. "Definition for aracari". Oxford Dictionaries Online. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  3. "Aulacorhynchus sanguineus- Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
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