Ramphastos Toco Bird
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Ramphastos Toco Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Ramphastos Toco Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.82
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Ramphastidae / Ramphastos
Taxonomy Code: toctou1
Type Locality: Cayenne, ex Buffon.
Author: Statius Muller
Publish Year: 1776
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RAMPHASTOS
(Ramphastidae; Ϯ Red-billed Toucan R. tucanus) Aldrovandus’ 1599, misspelling “Ramphastos” of Gessner’s 1560, “Ramphestes” (Gr. ῥαμφηστης rhamphēstēs snouted < ῥαμφη rhampē bill) was subsequently adopted by Linnaeus (cf. “Linnaeus calls it Rhamphastos ... a broad sword, from the form of its bill” (Pennant 1773)). The huge colourful bills of the toucans appear cumbersome, but are in fact very light, strengthened by a network of bony fibres within the horny shell; "45. RAMPHASTOS. Rostrum maximum, inane, convexum, extrorsum serratum. Nares pone maxillas. Lingua pennacea. Pedum digiti antici posticique gemini." (Linnaeus 1758); "Ramphastos Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 103. Type, by subsequent designation Ramphastos erythrorhynchus Gmelin = Ramphastos tucanus Linné (Vigors, Zool. Journ., 2, 1826, p. 471.)" (Peters 1948, VI, 82). This is the sixth diagnosed genus in avian taxonomy. Linnaeus's Ramphastos comprised four species (R. piperivorus, R. Tucanus, R. picatus, R. Aracari).
Var. Ramphastros, Rhamphastos, Rhamphastus, Ramphestes.
Synon. Bucco, Burhynchus, Dinorhamphus, Machlostomus, Ramphodryas, Tucaius, Tucanus.
toco
Güaraní names Tucá or Tucán ?bone-nose, for a toucan; ex “Toucan de Cayenne” or “Toco” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 82, and “Toco” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Ramphastos).
SUBSPECIES
Toco Toucan (toco)
Latin Name: Ramphastos toco toco
toco
Güaraní names Tucá or Tucán ?bone-nose, for a toucan; ex “Toucan de Cayenne” or “Toco” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 82, and “Toco” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Ramphastos).
Toco Toucan (albogularis)
Latin Name: Ramphastos toco albogularis
albogulare / albogularis
L. albus white; Mod. L. gularis throated, of the throat < L. gula throat.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
