Tepui Toucanet - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Whitely's Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus whitelianus

Identification

Mostly emerald green with white throat and blue facial skin. Bill maroon and black (variable proportions depending on subspecies), and tip of tail most often have a chestnut spot.

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• A. d. duidae:

• Mountains of southern Venezuela (Amazonas and western Bolivar) and adjacent northern Brazil

• A. d. whitelianus:

• Mountains of southern Venezuela (south-eastern Bolivar) and northern Guyana

• A. d. osgoodi:

• Southern Guyana (Acary Mountans) and Suriname (Wilhelmina Mountains)

Has been considered conspecific with Chestnut-tipped Toucanet in the past.

Habitat

Moist lowland to montane forests.

Behaviour

Mostly occurs in the canopy

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Toucanets including this species

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tepui Toucanet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tepui_Toucanet

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