Information about Andigena

Andigena
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Plate-billed Mountain-toucan
Andigena laminirostris

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 is a genus of birds in the Ramphastidae family.

It contains the following species:
A. laminirostris

Binomial name
Andigena laminirostris
Gould, 1851

The Plate-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena laminirostris) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Piciformes
Meyer & Wolf, 1810

Families
Galbulidae
Bucconidae
Capitonidae
Ramphastidae
Picidae
Indicatoridae
For prehistoric taxa, see text

Six families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes
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Ramphastidae
Vigors, 1825

Genera

Andigena
Aulacorhynchus
Pteroglossus
Ramphastos
Selenidera

Toucans are near passerine birds from the neotropics.
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John Gould (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of Charles Darwin's finches was pivotal in the development of the theory of The Origin of Species.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Ramphastidae
Vigors, 1825

Genera

Andigena
Aulacorhynchus
Pteroglossus
Ramphastos
Selenidera

Toucans are near passerine birds from the neotropics.
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A. laminirostris

Binomial name
Andigena laminirostris
Gould, 1851

The Plate-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena laminirostris) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.
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A. hypoglauca

Binomial name
Andigena hypoglauca
(Gould, 1833)

The Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.
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A. cucullata

Binomial name
Andigena cucullata
(Gould, 1846)

The Hooded Mountain-toucan (Andigena cucullata) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.
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A. nigrirostris

Binomial name
Andigena nigrirostris
(Waterhouse, 1839)

The Black-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.
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