Toucan Barbet
Semnornis ramphastinus(Jardine, W, 1855)
English (US) Toucan Barbet
The Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) 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 Semnornithidae (Prong-billed Barbet and Toucan Barbet) in the order Piciformes.
- Scientific name
- Semnornis ramphastinus
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Toucan Barbet
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1855)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Semnornis ramphastinus caucae
- Semnornis ramphastinus ramphastinus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetragonops ramphastinus
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1855)
- Type locality
- Eastern Cordillera between Quito and Mt. Cayambe, Ecuador.
- Original description
- The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n.s., 2 no.2 p.404
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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