Pteroglossus [viridis or inscriptus] (Green or Lettered Aracari)

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Green or Lettered Aracari

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Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Ramphastidae
Genus:
   Pteroglossus
Scientific:
  Pteroglossus viridis

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Ramphastos viridis

Type locality:
Cayenne.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/154/mode/1up

Avibase ID:
CD8BF2067F3EA45F

Avibase ID:
avibase-CD8BF206

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CD8BF206

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554284

Geographic range:

Pteroglossus inscriptus inscriptus: Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River and east of the Rio Madeira, southward to eastern Bolivia and eastward to Maranhão and northwestern Piauí, also northeastern Brazil in Pernambuco and Alagoas
Pteroglossus inscriptus humboldti: western Amazonia, from southern Colombia east, north of the Amazon River, narrowly to the mouth of the Rio Negro, and, southward to northwestern Bolivia and east, south of the Amazon River, to the Rio Madeira
Pteroglossus viridis: eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil

English:
Green or Lettered Aracari
French:
Araçari vert ou A. marqué

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Green or Lettered Aracari ( Pteroglossus [viridis or inscriptus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Green or Lettered Aracari ( Pteroglossus [viridis or inscriptus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Green or Lettered Aracari ( Pteroglossus [viridis or inscriptus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Green or Lettered Aracari ( Pteroglossus [viridis or inscriptus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Green or Lettered Aracari ( Pteroglossus [viridis or inscriptus])
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Pteroglossus viridis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pteroglossus viridis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pteroglossus viridis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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