Black-billed Mountain-Toucan

SCI Name:  Andigena nigrirostris
Protonym:  Pteroglossus nigrirostris Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt7 no.79 p.111
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Ramphastidae / Andigena
Taxonomy Code:  bbmtou1
Type Locality:  No locality; Subia, near La Mesa, Colombia, designated by Chapman, antea, 1917, p. 331.
Author:  Waterhouse
Publish Year:  1839
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ANDIGENA
(Ramphastidae; † Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan A. hypoglauca) Mod. L. Andium  Andes; Gr. γενος genos  race, genus, species; "It had long been my intention to propose a generic name for the Andean group of Toucans, characterized by the dense villose clothing of the under surface, the colouring of which is of a uniform tint, instead of being crossed by bars of black, red and yellow as in the typical Pteroglossi; and at no moment could such a step be more appropriately taken than at the present, when characterizing a new species of this section, for which, indicative of the country in which the members are found, I propose the generic term of Andigena, and for the new species, A. laminirostris; the other species pertaining to this genus are A. hypoglaucus, A. nigrirostris, A. cucullatus, and A. Baillonii." (Gould 1851); "Andigena Gould, 1851, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 18, (1850), p. 93.  Type, by subsequent designation (Sundevall, 1853, Berättelse om Framstegen Vertebr. Naturalhist. Ethnograf. 1845-1850, p. 269), Pteroglossus hypoglaucus Gould, 1833." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Ramphomelus.

nigrirostris
L. niger  black; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Black-jawed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan (occidentalis)
SCI Name: Andigena nigrirostris occidentalis
occidentale / occidentalis
L. occidentalis  western  < occidens, occidentis  west  < occidere  to set. This toponym was frequently given to taxa discovered in locations west of previously known populations.
● Cocal, Western Andes, Colombia (Dysithamnus).
● Jamaica; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus fuscus” of Sloane 1725, “Pelican of America” of Edwards 1747, and “Pelecanus” of Browne 1756 (Pelecanus).
● TL. Day Dawn, Western Australia; "Westralian Wedgebill" (Mathews 1912) (Psophodes).

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan (spilorhynchus)
SCI Name: Andigena nigrirostris spilorhynchus
spilorhynchus
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill.

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan (nigrirostris)
SCI Name: Andigena nigrirostris nigrirostris
nigrirostris
L. niger  black; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Black-jawed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).