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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan, Grey-breasted Mountain-Toucan
Common Names in French:
Toucan bleu
Common Names in German:
Blautukan
Description
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Habitat
Vegetation: montaine evergreen forests • Minimum Elevation: 2,400 meters • Maximum Elevation: 3,350 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper montaine: mountains, upper range, above 3,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: High
Ecology:
It occurs in montane
evergreen
forest
, forest edge and stunted
forest
near the tree-line at 2,400-3,350 m
, occasionally to under 1,700
m 3,4,5.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Piciformes
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Suborder:
Pici
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Infraorder:
Ramphastides
()
- Superfamily:
Ramphastoidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Ramphastidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Ramphastinae
()
- Genus:
Andigena
()
- Gould 1851
- Specific name:
hypoglauca
- (Gould) 1833
- Scientific name: - Andigena hypoglauca (Gould, 1833) (Gould) 1833
- Specific name:
hypoglauca
- (Gould) 1833
- Genus:
Andigena
(
- Subfamily:
Ramphastinae
(
- Family:
Ramphastidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ramphastoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Ramphastides
(
- Suborder:
Pici
(
- Order:
Piciformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Andigena hypoglauca (Gould, 1833)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Andigena
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. cucullata (Hooded Mountain Toucan) · A. hypoglauca (Gray-Breasted Mountain-Toucan) · A. hypoglauca hypoglauca (Grey-Breasted Mountain Toucan) · A. laminirostris (Plate-Billed Mountain Toucan) · A. nigrirostris (Black-Billed Mountain Toucan) · A. nigrirostris nigrirostris (Black-Billed Mountain Toucan)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A global directory of tropical montane cloud forests. Draft WCMC url p. 165.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 66.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 233.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles B. Cory. 13 1919 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1919. url p. 365.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 134.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 199, p. 142.
- Postilla. 1968 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 24.
- Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 342.
- Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1910-1943. url p. 365.
- Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 141.
- Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 58.
- The distribution of bird-life in Colombia; a contribution to a biological survey of South America, New York, Pub. by order of the trustees, 1917. url , .
- Tropical montane cloud forests: an urgent priority for conservation. WCMC Biodiversity Bulletin No 2 WCMC url .
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2008. Andigena hypoglauca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11332
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554298
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14163668
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554298
- IUCN ID: 191054
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2074
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2008. Andigena hypoglauca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
