Plate-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena laminirostris)

Other Names (World)
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Plain-billed Mountain-toucan, Plain-billed Hill-toucan, Laminated Mountain-toucan, Laminated Hill-toucan, Plate-billed Mountain Toucan

Family
Ramphastidae (Toucans)

Size
47 - 51 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1851

Habitat
Humid montane forest and edge with abundant bromeliads and mosses. From 1,200 - 3,200 m, occasionally to 300 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia (B), Ecuador (B).

Western Andes from south-western Colombia (Patia Canyon, in Nari�o) south to southern Ecuador (southern possibly as far as R Chanchan).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat loss through deforestation due to intensive logging, human settlement, cattle-grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation, and possibly illegal international cage-bird trade, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (71)...)

Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) [XC148122]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Nari\u00f1o, Mallama, Reserva Natural La Planada, Al sur de Ricaurte, Colombia (song, mechanical)

Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) [XC237971]
by Oscar Campbell from Pichincha: ridge between R\u00edo Mindo and R\u00edo Nambillo, 3 km SE Mindo, Ecuador (call, unusual calls)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) and Hooded Mountain-toucan (Andigena cucullata).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Plate-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena laminirostris) - 10 files

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