Stripe-billed aracari

Stripe-billed aracari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Pteroglossus
Species: P. sanguineus
Binomial name
Pteroglossus sanguineus
Gould, 1854
Synonyms
  • Pteroglossus torquatus sanguineus

The stripe-billed aracari (US: /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AHR-ə-SAHR-ee,[2] UK: /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAHR-ee or /ˌɑːrəˈkɑːri/ ARR-ə-KAHR-ee),[3] or stripe-billed araçari (Pteroglossus sanguineus), is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Taxonomy and systematics

The stripe-billed aracari is considered to be a subspecies of the collared aracari by some authorities.[4]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pteroglossus sanguineus". 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. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  4. "Aulacorhynchus sanguineus- Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.


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