Pteroglossus ulocomus, the Curl-crested Araçari. Now known as Pteroglossus beauharnaisii.  I like the name of these Toucans. “Ptero” means “of the wing” or “wing”, and “-glossus” means “pertaining to the tongue. Tonguewings!  From Voyage Autour de Monde par les Mers de L’Inde et de Chine. Captain M. Laplace, 1832.

Pteroglossus ulocomus, the Curl-crested Araçari. Now known as Pteroglossus beauharnaisii. 

I like the name of these Toucans. “Ptero” means “of the wing” or “wing”, and “-glossus” means “pertaining to the tongue. Tonguewings! 

From Voyage Autour de Monde par les Mers de L’Inde et de Chine. Captain M. Laplace, 1832.

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