Mountain toucan

Mountain toucan
Plate-billed mountain toucan
Andigena laminirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Andigena
Gould, 1851
Type species
Pteroglossus hypoglaucus[1]
Gould, 1833
Species

4, see text

Andigena, the mountain toucans, is a genus of birds in the family Ramphastidae. They are found in humid highland forests in the Andes of South America, ranging from Bolivia to Venezuela. These medium-sized toucans all have olive-brown upperparts, a black crown, yellow rump, blue-grey underparts and a red vent.

  1. ^ "Ramphastidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-25.