Pale-mandibled aracari
| Pale-mandibled aracari | |
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| At Dallas World Aquarium, USA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Ramphastidae |
| Genus: | Pteroglossus |
| Species: | P. erythropygius |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteroglossus erythropygius Gould, 1843 | |
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The pale-mandibled aracari (US: /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AHR-ə-SAHR-ee,[2] UK: /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAHR-ee or /ˌɑːrəˈkɑːri/ ARR-ə-KAHR-ee),[3] or pale-mandibled araçari (Pteroglossus erythropygius), is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in western Ecuador and Peru.
Taxonomy and systematics
The pale-mandibled aracari is considered to be a subspecies of the collared aracari by some authorities.[4] Alternate names for the pale-mandibled aracari include the pale-billed araçari, red-backed aracari, red-rumped aracari and scarlet-rumped aracari.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pteroglossus erythropygius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Aracari". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc.). Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ↑ "Definition for aracari". Oxford Dictionaries Online. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ↑ "Aulacorhynchus erythropygius- Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
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