Aracari
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An aracari or araçari (US: /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AR-ə-SAR-ee,[1] UK: /ˌærəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAR-ee, /-ˈkɑːri/ -KAR-ee)[2] is any of the medium-sized toucans that, together with the saffron toucanet, make up the genus Pteroglossus.
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Aracaris | |
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Pale-mandibled aracari Pteroglossus erythropygius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Ramphastidae |
Genus: | Pteroglossus Illiger, 1811 |
Type species | |
Ramphastos aracari (black-necked aracari) Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
14 (incl. the saffron toucanet), see text. | |
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They are brightly plumaged and have enormous, contrastingly patterned bills. These birds are residents in forests and woodlands in the Neotropics.