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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).
Selenidera is a bird genus containing six species of dichromatic toucanets in the toucan family Ramphastidae. They are found in lowland rainforest (below 1,500 metres or 4,900 feet) in tropical South America with one species in Central America.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae.
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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... These birds are residents ... (2005): The genus Austrophilopterus Ewing (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from toucans ...
The emerald toucanet was originally described in the genus Pteroglossus.For many years it was treated as having at least 14 subspecies. In 2008 the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) split 10 of those subspecies to create seven new species and retained four of them as subspecies of their current emerald toucanet sensu stricto.
Yellow-browed toucanet Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Ramphastidae Genus: Aulacorhynchus Species: A. huallagae Binomial name Aulacorhynchus huallagae Carriker, 1933 Range of A. huallagae in Peru The yellow-browed toucanet (Aulacorhynchus huallagae) is an Endangered ...