Golden-collared Toucanet

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Golden-collared Toucanet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Selenidera
Species: S. reinwardtii
Binomial name
Selenidera reinwardtii
(Wagler, 1827)

The Golden-collared Toucanet (Selenidera reinwardtii) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in the western Amazon rainforest in South America. It includes the Langsdorff's or Green-billed Toucanet (S. reinwardtii langsdorffii) as a subspecies, but it was formerly considered a separate species. The nominate subspecies has a broadly black-tipped maroon-red bill, while S. r. langsdorffii has a broadly black-tipped bluish-grey bill. The plumage of both subspecies is very similar to that of the related Spot-billed, Tawny-tufted and Gould's Toucanets. It is 30.5–35 cm (12–14 in) long and weighs from 129 to 200 grams (4.5-7.1 oz.)[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Selenidera reinwardtii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  2. "Toucans, Barbets & Honeyguides" by Lester Short & Jennifer Horne. Oxford University Press (2001), ISBN 0-19-85466-1


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