| Gould's toucanet | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Ramphastidae |
| Genus: | Selenidera |
| Species: | S. gouldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Selenidera gouldii (Natterer, 1837) | |
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Gould's toucanet (Selenidera gouldii) is a species of bird in the family Ramphastidae. It is found in the south-eastern part of the Amazon rainforest, with a disjunct population in Serra de Baturité in the Brazilian state of Ceará. Except for the bill-pattern, it resembles the spot-billed toucanet, and the two have been considered conspecific in the past. It weighs 131–209 grams (4.6–7.4 oz.)[2]
The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804–1881).[3] Gould's toucanet was originally described in the genus Pteroglossus.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Selenidera gouldii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Short, Lester L.; Horne, Jennifer (2001). Toucans, Barbets & Honeyguides. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854666-1.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 145–146.