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
Genus Andigena – Gould, 1851 – four species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Grey-breasted mountain toucan
Andigena hypoglauca (Gould, 1833)
Two subspecies
A. h. hypoglauca (Gould, 1833)
A. h. lateralis (Chapman, 1923)
Southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
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LC
Plate-billed mountain toucan
Andigena laminirostris Gould, 1851
Western Ecuador and far south-western Colombia
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NT
Hooded mountain toucan
Andigena cucullata (Gould, 1846)
South-eastern Peru to central Bolivia
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Three subspecies
A. n. nigrirostris (Waterhouse, 1839)
A. n. occidentalis (Chapman, 1915)
A. n. spilorhynchus (Gould, 1858)
Western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru
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LC
Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize additional species or subspecies as species belonging to the genus Andigena including:
Saffron toucanet (as Andigena bailloni)
Extant species
Genus Andigena – Gould, 1851 – four species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Grey-breasted mountain toucan
