Order: Piciformes | Family: Ramphastidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Ecuador
Status: The Channel-billed Toucan is common in the forest canopy of Amazonia. It is largely found below 600 m but is it known to locally range up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Tucán de Pico Acanalado.
Sub-species: Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus culminatus), Gould 1833.
Meaning of Name: Ramphastos: Gr. ramphestes= long sword, great sword. vitellinus: L. vitellina, vitellinus, vitellus= deep yellow, orange, yolk of an egg.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.