Black-billed mountain toucan
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SPECIES
Andigena nigrirostris

The black-billed mountain toucan (Andigena nigrirostris ) is a species of bird in the family Ramphastidae. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. It is the only mountain-toucan with a white throat. Despite its name, only the nominate subspecies has an entirely black bill, while both A. n. occidentalis and A. n. spilorhyncha have bills that are coloured chestnut and black.

Literature

Literature

  • John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter: A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans, London 1854
    • Newly printed with an Introduction by Jonathan Elphick, Taschen, Köln, Germany 2011 ISBN 978-3-8365-0524-6

Distribution

Geography

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Black-billed mountain toucan habitat map
Black-billed mountain toucan habitat map
Black-billed mountain toucan
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Habits and Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Seasonal behavior
Bird's call

Diet and Nutrition

Population

References

1. Black-billed mountain toucan Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-billed_mountain_toucan
2. Black-billed mountain toucan on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22682066/130076475
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/694225

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