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Mountain toucan

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Mountain toucan

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Also known as Andigena

genus of birds

Species

Туканы-андигены (лат. Andigena ) — род птиц семейства тукановые (Ramphastidae), обитающих во влажных горных лесах на западе Южной Америки. Известно 4 вида, с относительно небольшими ареалами.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
toucan
Image
Andigena nigrirostris-Gould.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Andigena
taxon name
Andigena
topic's main category
Category:Andigena
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Encyclopedic overview

Andigena, the mountain toucans, is a genus of birds in the family Ramphastidae. They are found in humid highland forests in the Andes of South America, ranging from Bolivia to Venezuela. These medium-sized toucans all have olive-brown upperparts, a black crown, yellow rump, blue-grey underparts and a red vent.

Taxonomy and systematics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mountain toucan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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