Tepui Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus whitelianus Salvin & Godman, 1882
Ramphastidae — Toucans
Tepui Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus whitelianus, is a toucan of the tepuis in southern Venezuela and southern Guyana, with its breeding range also reaching adjacent northern Brazil. It belongs to the family Ramphastidae and was described by Salvin and Godman in 1882. It is a green bird with a deep red and black bill marked by a white line at the base, and the sexes look alike. It occurs in moist montane cloudforest on tepuis and in hilly tropical forest, and it is found singly, in pairs, and in mixed-species foraging flocks.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Ramphastidae — Toucans
- Breeding range
- South America: tepuis of s Venezuela and s Guyana
