| Mountain toucan | |
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| Plate-billed mountain toucan Andigena laminirostris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Ramphastidae |
| Genus: | Andigena Gould, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Pteroglossus hypoglaucus[1] Gould, 1833 | |
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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.
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| Grey-breasted mountain toucan
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Andigena hypoglauca (Gould, 1833) Two subspecies |
Southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Plate-billed mountain toucan
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Andigena laminirostris Gould, 1851 |
Western Ecuador and far south-western Colombia
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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| Hooded mountain toucan
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Andigena cucullata (Gould, 1846) |
South-eastern Peru to central Bolivia
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black-billed mountain toucan
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Andigena nigrirostris (Waterhouse, 1839) Three subspecies
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Western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize additional species or subspecies as species belonging to the genus Andigena including:
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Toucans, toucanets, and aracaris (family: Ramphastidae)
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| Aulacorhynchus (green toucanets) |
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| Pteroglossus (aracaris or araçaris) |
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| Selenidera (dichromatic toucanets) |
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| Andigena (mountain toucans) |
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| Ramphastos (true toucans) |
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