Channel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos vitellinus
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Ramphastidae
The channel-billed toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) is a species of bird in the family Ramphastidae found on the Caribbean island of Trinidad and in tropical South America as far south as southern Brazil and central Bolivia. Taxonomy The channel-billed toucan was formally described in 1823 as Ramphastos vitellinus by the German naturalist Hinrich Lichtenstein. The specific epithet is Medieval Latin meaning "deep yellow colour tinged red", from Latin vitellus meaning "yolk of an egg".
Le Toucan ariel (Ramphastos vitellinus) est une espèce d'oiseaux de la famille des Ramphastidae, native d'Amérique du Sud. Description Cet oiseau mesure jusqu'à 56 cm. Habitat Cet oiseau peuple la forêt tropicale humide.
El tucán de pico acanalado (Ramphastos vitellinus) es un ave que habita en los bosques del nororiente de Sudamérica, desde Venezuela, Trinidad y Tobago, el nororiente de Colombia y las Guayanas hasta Bolivia y Brasil. Descripción Mide entre 45 y 48 cm de longitud, con un pico de 9 a 14 cm de largo. Se caracteriza por su gran pico y la coloración azul alrededor de los ojos.
Distribution
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