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Ramphastos ambiguus  Swainson, 1823
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554314

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Black-mandibled Toucan [English]
  
    Yellow-throated Toucan [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPiciformes  – Woodpeckers, pic-bois  
                            FamilyRamphastidae  – Toucans  
                               GenusRamphastos Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  SpeciesRamphastos ambiguus Swainson, 1823 – Black-mandibled Toucan, Yellow-throated Toucan  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Ramphastos ambiguus abbreviatus Cabanis, 1862  
                                     Subspecies Ramphastos ambiguus ambiguus Swainson, 1823  
                                     Subspecies Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii Gould, 1833 – Chestnut-mandibled Toucan 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Ramphastos ambiguus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 10.2), website (version 10.2), website (version 10.2)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2020. IOC World Bird List (v 10.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 01 Dec, 2020]   
  Reference for: Ramphastos ambiguus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.04.03, website (version 03-Apr-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Ramphastos ambiguus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Ramphastos ambiguus, Black-mandibled Toucan [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Yellow-throated Toucan is the appropriate English names for this species (IOC List v10.1)  
 

 

    

 
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