Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

SCI Name:  Andigena hypoglauca
Protonym:  Pteroglossus hypoglaucus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.6 p.70
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Ramphastidae / Andigena
Taxonomy Code:  gybmot1
Type Locality:  No locality; Colombia designated by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. So. Am., 1, 1912, p. 157.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1833
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

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.

hypoglauca / hypoglaucus
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; γλαυκος glaukos glaucous, bluish.

SUBSPECIES

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (hypoglauca)
SCI Name: Andigena hypoglauca hypoglauca
hypoglauca / hypoglaucus
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; γλαυκος glaukos glaucous, bluish.

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (lateralis)
SCI Name: Andigena hypoglauca lateralis
laterale / lateralis
L. lateralis  of the side, lateral  < latus  side  (cf. Late L. lateralis  of brick  < L. later  brick).
● ex “Rusty-sided Warbler” of Latham 1801 (Zosterops).