Citron-throated toucan | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Ramphastidae |
Genus: | Ramphastos |
Species: | R. citreolaemus |
Binomial name | |
Ramphastos citreolaemus Gould, 1844 |
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The citron-throated toucan (Ramphastos citreolaemus) is a species of bird in the family Ramphastidae found in northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.
The citron-throated toucan was formerly classified as a subspecies of the channel-billed toucan and some authorities still recognize it as such. Also, some authorities have considered the citron-throated toucan to be a subspecies of the white-throated toucan.