Tepui toucanet
| Tepui toucanet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Ramphastidae |
| Genus: | Aulacorhynchus |
| Species: | A. whitelianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulacorhynchus whitelianus Salvin & Godman, 1882 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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]
- A. w. duidae - Chapman, 1929: Found on Mt. Duida (southern Venezuela)
- A. w. whitelianus - Salvin & Godman, 1882: Found on Roraima and nearby tepuis (southern Venezuela and north-western Guyana)
- A. w. osgoodi - Blake, 1941: Found in southern Guyana
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Aulacorhynchus whitelianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
- South American Classification Committee (September 4, 2012). "Proposal (#520) to South American Classification Committee – Recognize Aulacorhynchus [d.] whitelianus as a valid species distinct from A. derbianus". Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- Bonaccorso, E., Guayasamin, J. M., Peterson, A. T., and Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G. (2011). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Neotropical toucanets in the genus Aulacorhynchus (Aves, Ramphastidae). Zoologica Scripta, 40. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00475.x
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