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The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is the largest species of toucan and has a distinctive appearance, with a black body, a white throat, chest and uppertail-coverts, and red undertail-coverts. Its most conspicuous feature is its massive beak, which is yellow-orange with a black base and ...
The International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) recognises 43 species of toucans in five genera. [1] This list does not include hybrid species, extinct prehistoric species, or putative species not yet accepted by the IOU. Family Ramphastidae. Genus Aulacorhynchus: eleven species; Genus Pteroglossus: fourteen species; Genus Selenidera: six species
The lettered aracari is the smallest species of toucan. Toucans range in size from the lettered aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus), at 130 g (4.6 oz) and 29 cm (11 in), to the toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), at 680 g (1.50 lb) and 63 cm (25 in).
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature is the best known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. . Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmenta
The keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan, keel toucan, or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize. [3] The species is found in tropical jungles from southern Mexico to Ecuador.
Ramphastos toco (Toco toucan) toucan: Guarani: Toco derives from tucá or tucán, the Guarani word for a toucan, perhaps meaning "bone-nose". A doublet of toucan. [227] Salal (Gaultheria shallon) heather: Lower Chinook: From sálal (the local name for the plant), via Chinook Jargon. [228] [229] [230] Saskatoon berry (Amelanchier alnifolia) pome ...
Toucans are near passerine birds from the Neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous colorful bills which in some species amount to half their body length. Eight species have been recorded in Guyana. Toco toucan, Ramphastos toco; White-throated toucan, Ramphastos tucanus; Channel-billed toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus
In December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 8460 least concern avian species. [1] Of all evaluated avian species, 76.9% are listed as least concern. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN. This is a complete list of least concern avian species evaluated by the IUCN.