Whitely's Toucanet
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| Whitely's Toucanet | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Ramphastidae |
| Genus: | Aulacorhynchus |
| Species: | A. whitelianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulacorhynchus whitelianus Cory, 1919 | |
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Aulacorhynchus derbianus whitelianus | |
The Whitely's Toucanet or Tepui Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus whitelianus) is a South American species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It occurs from the humid forests of the tepuis and other highlands of the Guiana Shield. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Chestnut-tipped Toucanet.
References
- 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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