Channel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos vitellinusLichtenstein, MHC, 1823
English (US) Channel-billed Toucan
The Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ramphastos vitellinus
- Family
- Ramphastidae (Toucans)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Channel-billed Toucan
- Described by
- Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Ramphastos vitellinus culminatus
- Ramphastos vitellinus vitellinus
- Ramphastos vitellinus ariel
- Ramphastos vitellinus citreolaemus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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