Aracari

Aracaris
	Pale-mandibled aracari; Pteroglossus erythropygius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Ramphastidae
Genus:	Pteroglossus; Illiger, 1811
Type species
	Ramphastos aracari (black-necked aracari); Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	14 (incl. the saffron toucanet), see text.
Synonyms
	List Aracarius Rafinesque, 1815 ; Aracari Lesson, 1828 ; Grammarhynchus Gould, 1854 ; Grammatorhynchus [missp.] Bonaparte, 1854 ; Pyrosterna Bonaparte, 1854 ; Baillonius Cassin, 1868 ; Baillonicus [missp.] Klös, 1970 ; Beauharnaisius Bonaparte, 1850 ; Bauharnaisius [missp.] Bonaparte, 1850 ; Beauharnasius [missp.] Gould, 1854 ; Beauharnesius [missp.] Bonaparte, 1854 ; Beauharnisius [missp.] Sundevall, 1873 ; Ulocomus Heine, 1890 ;

An aracari or araçari (US: /ˌɑːrəˈsɑːri/ AR-ə-SAR-ee, UK: /ˌærəˈsɑːri/ ARR-ə-SAR-ee, /-ˈkɑːri/ -⁠KAR-ee) is any of the medium-sized toucans that, together with the saffron toucanet, make up the genus Pteroglossus.

They are brightly plumaged and have enormous, contrastingly patterned bills. These birds are residents in forests and woodlands in the Neotropics.

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