IRMNG - Ramphastos Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG taxon details

Ramphastos Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1314854 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1314854)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ramphastidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Ramphastros Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted

Ramphastus Meuschen, 1787 · unaccepted > unavailable name

Ramphostos Perry, 1811 · unaccepted

Rhamphastos · unaccepted

Rhamphastus Billberg, 1828 · unaccepted

Rhamphestos Newton, 1896 · unaccepted

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Species Ramphastos ambiguus Swainson, 1823
Species Ramphastos brevis Meyer de Schauensee, 1945
Species Ramphastos citreolaemus Gould, 1844
Species Ramphastos culminatus Gould, 1833
Species Ramphastos cuvieri Wagler, 1827
Species Ramphastos dicolorus Linnaeus, 1766
Species Ramphastos discolorus
Species Ramphastos sulfuratus Lesson, 1830
Species Ramphastos swainsonii Gould, 1833
Species Ramphastos toco Muller, 1776
Species Ramphastos tucanus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Ramphastos vitellinus Lichtenstein, 1823

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 103 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Ramphastos Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1314854 on 2026-10-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (12)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 103 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Ramphostos Perry, 1811) Arcana, explan. pl
page(s): 52 [details]

original description (of Rhamphestos Newton, 1896) Dict. Birds, fasc. 4
page(s): 976 [details]

original description (of Ramphastus Meuschen, 1787) Meuschen, F. C. (1787). Museum Geversianum, sive, Index rerum naturalium : continens instructissimam copiam pretiosissimorum omnis generis ex tribus regnis naturae objectorum : quam dum in vivis erat magna diligentia multaque cura comparavit Abrahamus Gevers... P. & J. Holsteyn, Rotterdam. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/133639
page(s): 60 [details]

original description (of Ramphastros Scopoli, 1777) Scopoli, I.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Wolfgang Gerle, Pragae; 540 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42076
page(s): 478 [details]

original description (of Rhamphastus Billberg, 1828) Syn. Scand., 1 (2), tabell. A. [details]