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

See text

Synonyms
  • Aulacorhamphus 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

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Aulacorhynchus whitelianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "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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