Mountain toucan

Mountain toucan
Plate-billed mountain toucan Andigena laminirostris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Ramphastidae
Genus:	Andigena Gould, 1851
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.

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Andigena hypoglauca	Grey-breasted mountain toucan	Southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
	Andigena laminirostris	Plate-billed mountain toucan	Western Ecuador and far south-western Colombia
	Andigena cucullata	Hooded mountain toucan	South-eastern Peru to central Bolivia
	Andigena nigrirostris	Black-billed mountain toucan	Western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru

Former species

Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize additional species or subspecies as species belonging to the genus Andigena including:

• Saffron toucanet (as Andigena bailloni)

References

• Restall, R. L., C. Rodner, & M. Lentino. (2006). Birds of Northern South America. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-7243-9 (vol. 1). ISBN 0-7136-7242-0 (vol. 2).
• Schulenberg, T., D. Stotz, D. Lane, J. O' Neill, & T. Parker III. 2007. Birds of Peru. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 978-0-7136-8673-9