Red-necked Aracari

Taxobox
name = Red-necked Aracari


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Piciformes
familia = Ramphastidae
genus = "Pteroglossus"
species = "P. bitorquatus"
binomial = "Pteroglossus bitorquatus"
binomial_authority = Vigors, 1826
synonyms = The Red-necked Aracari ("Pteroglossus bitorquatus") is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family, the Toucans, Toucanets, Aracaris, etc.It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

The Red-necked Aracari is found in the southeast Amazon Basin and eastwards to the Atlantic coast on Marajó Island and the state of Maranhão, Brazil. It ranges only south of the Amazon River on the north, and southeastwards of the Madeira River in the west.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47523/all Pteroglossus bitorquatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

External links

* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=red-necked+aracari&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Red-necked Aracari photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Pteroglossus+bitorquatus Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.nashvillezoo.org/piciformes/images/red_necked_aracari.jpgPhoto-Medium Res] ; [http://www.nashvillezoo.org/piciformes/ramphastidae.htm Article] nashvillezoo–"Ramphastidae"–South America species, with Range Maps