Chestnut-tipped toucanet
The chestnut-tipped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus derbianus) is a South American species of bird in the family Ramphastidae. It occurs in humid highland forests along the east Andean slope from southernmost Colombia to central Bolivia. It was formerly considered conspecific with Whitely's toucanet.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Ramphastidae |
| Genus: | Aulacorhynchus |
| Species: | A. derbianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulacorhynchus derbianus Gould, 1835 | |
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References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Aulacorhynchus derbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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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