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White-throated Toucan (Cuvier's)

Ramphastos tucanus cuvieri

Classification

Class
Aves

The white-throated toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) is a near-passerine bird in the family Ramphastidae found in South America throughout the Amazon Basin including the adjacent Tocantins and Araguaia River drainage. It prefers tropical humid forest, but also occurs in woodland and locally in riverine forest within cerrado. Taxonomy The white-throated toucan was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 13