Mountain toucan

Mountain toucan
Plate-billed mountain toucan Andigena laminirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Ramphastidae
Genus:	Andigena Gould, 1851
Species
4, see text

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[]

Extant species[]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Andigena hypoglauca	Grey-breasted mountain toucan	Southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
	Andigena laminirostris	Plate-billed mountain toucan	Western Ecuador and far south-western Colombia
	Andigena cucullata	Hooded mountain toucan	South-eastern Peru to central Bolivia
	Andigena nigrirostris	Black-billed mountain toucan	Western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru

Former species[]

Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize additional species or subspecies as species belonging to the genus Andigena including:

• Saffron toucanet (as Andigena bailloni)^[1]

References[]

• Restall, R. L., C. Rodner, & M. Lentino. (2006). Birds of Northern South America. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-7243-9 (vol. 1). ISBN 0-7136-7242-0 (vol. 2).
• Schulenberg, T., D. Stotz, D. Lane, J. O' Neill, & T. Parker III. 2007. Birds of Peru. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 978-0-7136-8673-9

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