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A cartoon toucan, Toucan Sam, has been used as the mascot of Froot Loops breakfast cereal since 1963, and a toucan is the mascot of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party; its party members are called tucanos for this reason. Toucans have also been used in popular media.
Tawny-tufted toucanet. S. nattereri (Gould, 1835) Northcentral Amazon rainforest LC Unknown [25] Gould's toucanet. S. gouldii (Natterer, 1837) Southern Amazon rainforest LC Unknown [26] Spot-billed toucanet. S. maculirostris (Lichtenstein, M. H. C., 1823) Southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina LC Unknown [27]
Tawny-tufted toucanet (as Pteroglossus nattereri) [22] Gould's toucanet (as Pteroglossus gouldii) [23] Spot-billed toucanet (as Pteroglossus maculirostris) [24] Gray-breasted mountain toucan (as Pteroglossus hypoglaucus) [25] Hooded mountain toucan (as Pteroglossus cucullatus) [26] Black-billed mountain toucan (as Pteroglossus nigrirostris) [27]
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.
Fiery-billed aracari In Alajuela, Costa Rica Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Ramphastidae Genus: Pteroglossus Species: P. frantzii Binomial name Pteroglossus frantzii Cabanis, 1861 Synonyms Pteroglossus torquatus frantzii The fiery-billed aracari or fiery-billed ...
The females of most species have the black sections in the male replaced by rich brown and a reduced/absent auricular streak, while the female of one species, the Guianan toucanet, has grey underparts and a rufous nuchal collar, and the female of another, the yellow-eared toucanet, resemble the male except for its brown crown and lack of an ...
The researchers sequenced several nuclear and mitochondrial genes from 40 toucan species, representing all recognized subgenera within the genus Ramphastos. The study found that toucans could be divided into six distinct clades, each with different bill morphologies and geographic distributions.
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 ...