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Toucans (/ ˈ t uː k æ n /, UK: /-k ə n /) are Neotropical birds in the family Ramphastidae. The Ramphastidae are most closely related to the Toucan barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and over 40 different species. Toucans are arboreal and typically lay two to four white ...
Where the taxonomy proposed by the IOC World Bird List conflicts with the taxonomy followed by the IUCN [a] or the 2023 edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, [3] the disagreement is noted next to the species's common name (for nomenclatural disagreements) or scientific name (for taxonomic disagreements).
Andigena, the mountain toucans, is a genus of birds in the family Ramphastidae. They are found in humid highland forests in the Andes of South America, ranging from Bolivia to Venezuela. These medium-sized toucans all have olive-brown upperparts, a black crown, yellow rump, blue-grey underparts and a red vent.
The phylogenetic relationships among toucans have been the subject of ongoing debate and research; in the past, the eight toucan species were classified into different subfamilies based on their bill size and shape. However, recent molecular studies have suggested that toucans are more closely related to aracaris and toucanets than previously ...
Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides. Bird Families of the World. Vol. 8. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854666-5. John Gould)/Henry Constantine Richter: A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans, London 1854 reprinted with 51 plates and a preface by Jonathan Elphick, Taschen, Köln 2011 ISBN 978-3-8365-0524-6
Yellow-eared toucanet Female Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Ramphastidae Genus: Selenidera Species: S. spectabilis Binomial name Selenidera spectabilis Cassin, 1858 The yellow-eared toucanet (Selenidera spectabilis) is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family ...
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The name comes from the word Arassari, the name of the bird in the Tupi language. [ 8 ] One species, the distinctive saffron toucanet , was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Baillonius , but Renato Kimura and collaborators showed in 2004 that it belongs in the genus Pteroglossus .