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Black-billed Mountain Toucan
07 18 016 Andigena nigrirostris nigrirostris m
Male Andigena nigrirostris nigrirostris
Information
Range Andes of western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Piciformes
Family Ramphastidae
Genus Andigena
Species Andigena nigrirostris
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The Black-billed mountain toucan (Andigena nigrirostris), is a species of mountain toucan in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. It is the only mountain toucan with a white throat. Despite its name, only the nominate subspecies has an entirely black bill, while both Andigena nigrirostris occidentalis and Andigena nigrirostris spilorhyncha have bills that are chestnut and black.

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