Aulacorhynchus albivitta (Southern Emerald Toucanet)

Southern Emerald Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus albivitta (Boissonneau, A 1840)

The white-throated toucanet is a near-passerine bird found in the Andes from western Venezuela, through Colombia to northern Ecuador. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Ramphastidae
Genus:
   Aulacorhynchus
Scientific:
  Aulacorhynchus albivitta

Original description

Citation:
(Boissonneau, A 1840)

Reference:
Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne 3 p.70

Protonym:
Pteroglossus albivitta

Type locality:
Bogota.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48713#page/80/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
8E12984DF5D16ABA

Avibase ID:
avibase-8E12984D

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8E12984D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 685729

English:
Southern Emerald Toucanet
Catalan:
tucanet gorjagrís
Czech:
arassari bělohrdlý
Danish:
Amazontukanet
German:
Weißkehlarassari
Esperanto:
Nordanda tukaneto
Spanish:
Tucanete Gorjiblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Tucanete gorjiblanco
French:
Toucanet à gorge blanche
Croatian:
kolumbijski tukan
Japanese (romaji):
minamikibashimidorichuuhashi
Japanese:
ミナミキバシミドリチュウハシ
Dutch:
Andesarassari
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Andestukan
Norwegian:
andestukan
Polish:
pieprzojad zielony
Portuguese (Brazil):
araçari-de-garganta-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
tucaninho-de-garganta-branca
Russian:
Андский туканет
Slovak:
tukaník andský
Serbian:
Južni smaragdni tukanet
Swedish:
sydlig smaragdtukanett
Ukrainian:
Тукан білогорлий

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Southern Emerald Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Northern Andean, Grey-throated or Peruvian Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus [albivitta, griseigularis, lautus or atrogularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern Andean, Grey-throated or Peruvian Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus [albivitta, griseigularis, lautus or atrogularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Southern Emerald Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Northern Andean, Grey-throated or Peruvian Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus [albivitta, griseigularis, lautus or atrogularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Northern Andean, Grey-throated or Peruvian Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus [albivitta, griseigularis, lautus or atrogularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Northern Andean, Grey-throated or Peruvian Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus [albivitta, griseigularis, lautus or atrogularis])
Avilist 2025: Southern Emerald Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
Clements, version 2021: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
Clements, version 2022: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
Clements, version 2023: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
Clements, version 2024: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
Clements, version 2025: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
Clements, version 2017: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
Clements, version 2018: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
Clements, version 2019: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
eBird version 2017: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
eBird version 2018: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
eBird version 2019: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
eBird version 2021: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
eBird version 2022: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
eBird version 2023: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
eBird version 2024: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
eBird version 2025: Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta) [version 3]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Southern Emerald-Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus albivitta)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Aulacorhynchus [prasinus, lautus, albivitta or atrogularis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

German: Weißkehlarassari
English: Northern Andean, Grey-throated or Peruvian Toucanet, Southern Emerald Toucanet, Southern Emerald-Toucanet
English, HBW: Greyish-throated/Black-throated/Black-billed Toucanet
English (IOC): White-throated/Black-throated Toucanet
English (United States): Southern Emerald-Toucanet
Esperanto: blankagorĝa tukaneto, Nordanda tukaneto
Spanish: Tucanete Gorgiblanco, Tucanete Gorjiblanco
Spanish (Ecuador): Tucancillo Esmeralda Sureño, Tucanete Esmeralda
Spanish (Spain): Tucanete gorgiblanco, Tucanete gorjiblanco
Spanish (Mexico): Tucancillo Verde Sudamericano
Spanish (Panama): Tucancillo Verde Sur, Tucancillo Verde Sureño
Spanish (Peru): Tucancillo Esmeralda
Spanish (Venezuela): Pico de Frasco Gargantiblanco
French: Toucanet à gorge blanche, Toucanet à gorge blanche, T. à gorge grise, T. de Santa Marta ou T. à gorge noire, Toucanet à gorge blanche, T. à gorge grise, T. des Santa Marta ou T. à gorge noire, Toucanet émeraude (des Andes)
Japanese (romaji): minamikibashimidorichuuhashi
Japanese: ミナミキバシミドリチュウハシ
Scientific: Aulacorhynchus [albivitta, griseigularis, lautus or atrogularis], Aulacorhynchus albivitta, Aulacorhynchus prasinus albivitta, Pteroglossus albivitta
Norwegian Nynorsk: Andestukan
Norwegian: andestukan
Polish: pieprzojad zielony
Portuguese (Brazil): araçari-de-garganta-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): Araçari-de-garganta-branca, tucaninho-de-garganta-branca
Russian: Андский туканет
Slovak: tukaník andský
Serbian: Južni smaragdni tukanet
Swedish: sydlig smaragdtukanett
Turkish: And tukaneti