Status and distribution in Peru of the Black-Billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena nigrirostris (Waterhouse, 1839)

Abstract

In Peru Andigena nigrirostris is considered hypothetical due to the absence of published records. To date ten specimens have been collected and two sound records and a photograph of a free-flying individual have been obtained. The latter record was from a protected area in Peru, the Santuario Nacional Tabaconas Namballe. Records indicate that this species is distributed in the montane forests of the eastern slope, north of the Huancabamba depression, between ~ 2200 a 2900 m elevation.

Keywords

• Ramphastidae
• endemismo
• Bosque montano
• Andes del Norte
• Cajamarca.