Many-banded Aracari / Pteroglossus pluricinctus
WBN 
Many-banded Aracari
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pteroglossus pluricinctus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1835) (1835), Pt3 no.34 p.157
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Ramphastidae / Pteroglossus
Taxonomy Code: mabara1
Type Locality: Brazil; restricted to the Rio Solimoes by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 101.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1835
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTEROGLOSSUS
(Ramphastidae; Ϯ Black-necked Araçari P. aracari) Gr. πτερον pteron feather; γλωσσα glōssa tongue; "GENUS 4. PTEROGLOSSUS (πτερον penna γλωσσα lingua) (Federzüngler Germ. Aracari Gall.) Rostrum capite longius, crassum, tenue, inane, cultratum, basi margine incrassato, maxillae angulo frontali obtuso. Tomia serrata. Nares superae, in maxillae basi. Lingua mediocris, angusta, pennacea. Cauda gradata. Pedes scansorii. Digiti externi internis longiores. Acropodia scutulata. Species: Ramphastos Aracari, viridis Lin." (Illiger 1811); "Pteroglossus Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 202. Type, by subsequent designation, Ramphastos aracari Linné. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 50.)" (Peters 1948, VI, 74).
Synon. Aracari, Baillonius, Beauharnaisius, Grammarhynchus, Pyrosterna, Rhagoborus, Ulocomus.
pluricinctus
L. plus, pluris many; cinctus girdled < cingere to encircle.
● ex “Aracari à double ceinture” of Levaillant 1801 (Pteroglossus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
