Tepui toucanet

Tepui toucanet
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Ramphastidae
Genus:	Aulacorhynchus
Species:	A. whitelianus
Binomial name
Aulacorhynchus whitelianus Salvin & Godman, 1882
Subspecies
See text
Synonyms
Aulacorhamphus whitelianus

The tepui toucanet or Whitely's toucanet (Aulacorhynchus whitelianus) is a South American species of bird in the family Ramphastidae. It is native to the humid forests of the tepuis and other highlands of the Guiana Shield. It was formerly considered conspecific with the chestnut-tipped toucanet.

Taxonomy and systematics[]

Subspecies[]

Three subspecies are recognized:^[2]

• A. w. duidae - Chapman, 1929: Found on Mt. Duida (southern Venezuela)
• A. w. whitelianus - Salvin & Godman, 1882: Found on Roraima and nearby tepuis (southern Venezuela and north-western Guyana)
• A. w. osgoodi - Blake, 1941: Found in southern Guyana

References[]

• South American Classification Committee (September 4, 2012). "Proposal (#520) to South American Classification Committee – Recognize Aulacorhynchus [d.] whitelianus as a valid species distinct from A. derbianus". Retrieved October 7, 2012.
• Bonaccorso, E., Guayasamin, J. M., Peterson, A. T., and Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G. (2011). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Neotropical toucanets in the genus Aulacorhynchus (Aves, Ramphastidae). Zoologica Scripta, 40. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00475.x

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