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Artist
- Name:
- Traviès, Édouard
- Dates:
- 1809-1865?
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Types du règne animal. Buffon en estampes
- Author(s):
- Conty, Henry Auxcouteaux de
- Publisher:
- Paris: A. de Vresse, Ledot Aîné, n.d. [1864?]
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
The Ariel toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus ariel) is currently considered a subspecies of the channel-billed toucan. It is a tropical bird in the family Ramphastidae found in the south-east Amazon and remarkable for its bright colors and large bill. Like other toucans, it can only fly short distances and feeds mainly on fruit.
The caption reads in the original French: Le toucan du Para.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, bird, children's book, color, Ramphastidae, reference book