From Opus

Aulacorhynchus derbianus

Includes Whitely's Toucanet

[edit] Identification

Mostly emerald green with white throat and blue facial skin. Bill maroon and black (variable proportions depending on subspecies), and tip of tail most often have a chestnut spot.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• A. d. derbianus:

• Extreme southern Colombia along eastern slope of Andes to Bolivia

• A. d. duidae:

• Mountains of southern Venezuela (Amazonas and western Bolivar) and adjacent northern Brazil

• A. d. whitelianus:

• Mountains of southern Venezuela (south-eastern Bolivar) and northern Guyana

• A. d. osgoodi:

• Southern Guyana (Acary Mountans) and Suriname (Wilhelmina Mountains)

An additional subspecies nigrirostris is not recognised by all authorities^[2].

The last three subspecies has been proposed split to Whiteley's Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus whitelianus).

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland to montane forests.

[edit] Behaviour

Mostly occur in the canopy

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Gill & Donsker 2011
4. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Toucanets including this species
5. Wikipedia

• List of references

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