Choco Toucan
Ramphastos brevisMeyer de Schauensee, R, 1945
English (US) Choco Toucan
The Choco Toucan (Ramphastos brevis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ramphastidae (Toucans) in the order Piciformes.
Range: Pacific slope of western Colombia to southwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ramphastos brevis
- Family
- Ramphastidae (Toucans)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Choco Toucan
- Described by
- Meyer de Schauensee, R, 1945
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ramphastos ambiguus brevis
- Described by
- Meyer de Schauensee, R, 1945
- Type locality
- Rio Mechengue, 2500 feet, Cauca, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 97 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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