Chestnut-tipped toucanet

Chestnut-tipped toucanet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Piciformes
Family:Ramphastidae
Genus:Aulacorhynchus
Species: A. derbianus
Binomial name
Aulacorhynchus derbianus
Gould, 1835
Synonyms
  • Aulacorhynchus Derbianus

The chestnut-tipped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus derbianus) is a South American species of bird in the family Ramphastidae. It occurs in humid highland forests along the east Andean slope from southernmost Colombia to central Bolivia. It was formerly considered conspecific with Whitely's toucanet.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Aulacorhynchus derbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  • 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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