Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus Scientific name definitions

Cristina Rueda, Ana María Pardo, and Aura Viviana Buitrago
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 4, 2014

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Recommended Citation

Rueda, C., A. M. Pardo, and A. V. Buitrago (2020). Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.toubar1.01
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