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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 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 ...
Pages in category "Toucans" ... Toco toucan beak; List of toucans This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 01:53 (UTC). Text is available under ...
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 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 ...
Chestnut-eared aracari Toco toucan. Order: Piciformes Family: Ramphastidae. 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.
Some species of aracaris are unusual for toucans in that they roost socially throughout the year, up to six adults and fledged young sleeping in the same hole with tails folded over their backs. Breeding
The species inhabits the interior and edges of montane forest, forest in floodplains, and occasionally várzea. It favors drier uplands and shuns secondary forest . In elevation it most commonly ranges up to about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) but occasionally occurs as high as 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in Ecuador, 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in Peru, and 1,300 m (4,300 ...