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Fiery-billed aracari

Fiery-billed aracari
Pteroglossus frantzii.JPG
In Alajuela, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Pteroglossus
Species: P. frantzii
Binomial name
Pteroglossus frantzii
Cabanis, 1861
Synonyms
  • Pteroglossus Frantzii
  • Pteroglossus torquatus frantzii

The fiery-billed aracari or fiery-billed araçari (US /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AHR-ə-SAHR-ee,UK /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAHR-ee or /ˌɑːrəˈkɑːri/ ARR-ə-KAHR-ee; Pteroglossus frantzii) is a toucan, a near-passerine bird. It breeds only on the Pacific slopes of southern Costa Rica and western Panama. The binomial commemorates the German naturalist Alexander von Frantzius.


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