- Guianan Toucanet
Taxobox
name = Guianan Toucanet
image_caption = male
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Piciformes
familia =Ramphastidae
genus = "Selenidera "
species = "S. culik"
binomial = "Selenidera culik"
binomial_authority = (Wagler, 1827)
synonyms = "Selenidera piperivora" (Linnaeus, 1766) The Guianan Toucanet ("Selenidera culik") is a species ofbird in theRamphastidae family. Pacheco & Whitney (2006) suggested the correctscientific name was "Selenidera piperivora", but, as shown by Walters (2007), this name is pre-occupied.It is found in north-westernBrazil ,French Guiana ,Guyana ,Suriname , andVenezuela .Its naturalhabitat is tropical humid lowlandforest s.References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47536/all Selenidera culik] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
* Pacheco, J. F. & B. M. Whitney (2006). "Mandatory changes for the scientific names of three neotropical birds." Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 126(3):242-244.
* Walters, M. (2007). "The correct name of the Guianan Toucanet: Selenidera culik (Wagler) not S. piperivorus (Linnaeus)." Bull. Brit. Orn. 127: 247-249.
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