Ivory-billed Aracari

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Ivory-billed Aracari
At San Diego Zoo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Pteroglossus
Species: P. azara
Binomial name
Pteroglossus azara
(Vieillot, 1819)

The Ivory-billed Aracari (US /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AHR-ə-SAHR-ee,[2] UK /ˌɑrəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAHR-ee or /ˌɑrəˈkɑːri/ ARR-ə-KAHR-ee),[3] or Ivory-billed Araçari (Pteroglossus azara), is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pteroglossus azara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  2. "Aracari". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc.). Retrieved 2012-04-20. 
  3. "Definition for aracari". Oxford Dictionaries Online. Retrieved 2012-04-20. 


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