Ivory-billed aracari
| Ivory-billed aracari | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Ramphastidae |
| Genus: | Pteroglossus |
| Species: | P. azara |
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| Pteroglossus azara (Vieillot, 1819) | |
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The ivory-billed aracari (US /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AHR-ə-SAHR-ee,[2] UK /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAHR-ee or /ˌɑːrəˈkɑːri/ ARR-ə-KAHR-ee),[3] or ivory-billed araçari (Pteroglossus azara), is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It was named after the naturalist Félix de Azara.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:[4]
- P. a. flavirostris - Fraser, 1841: Found in western Amazonia
- P. a. azara - (Vieillot, 1819): Found in north-western Brazil
Some authourities consider the brown-mandibled aracari to also be a subspecies of the ivory-billed aracari.[5]
Gallery
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pteroglossus azara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Aracari". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc.). Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ↑ "Definition for aracari". Oxford Dictionaries Online. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
- ↑ "Aulacorhynchus mariae- Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
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