Toucan

The toucans are tropical near passerine birds from South America. They are brightly marked and have enormous colourful bills.

Toucans are fructivorous (fruit-eating), but will take insects and other small prey. They are arboreal and nest in tree holes laying 2-4 white eggs.

Toucans do not migrate

This group is related to other Piciformes as below:

Order Piciformes

• Family Picidae, (woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks
• Family Capitonidae, (barbets)
• Family Ramphastidae, (toucans)
• Family Indicatoridae, (honeyguides)
• Galbulidae, (jacamars[?])
• Family Bucconidae, (puffbirds[?] etc)

The last two families are sometimes separated as the order Gabuliformes

Species list

• Emerald Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus prasinus
• Groove-billed Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus sulcatus
• Chestnut-tipped Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus derbianus
• Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
• Yellow-browed Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus huallagae
• Blue-banded Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis

• Lettered Aracari, Pteroglossus inscriptus
• Green Aracari, Pteroglossus viridis
• Red-necked Aracari, Pteroglossus bitorquatus
• Ivory-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus azara
• Brown-mandibled Aracari, Pteroglossus mariae
• Chestnut-eared Aracari, Pteroglossus castanotis
• Black-necked Aracari, Pteroglossus aracari
• Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus
• Fiery-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus frantzii
• Stripe-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus sanguineus
• Pale-mandibled Aracari, Pteroglossus erythropygius
• Many-banded Aracari, Pteroglossus pluricinctus
• Curl-crested Aracari, Pteroglossus beauharnaesii

• Saffron Toucanet, Baillonius bailloni

• Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Andigena laminirostris
• Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Andigena hypoglauca
• Hooded Mountain-Toucan, Andigena cucullata
• Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Andigena nigrirostris

• Yellow-eared Toucanet, Selenidera spectabilis
• Golden-collared Toucanet, Selenidera reinwardtii
• Tawny-tufted Toucanet, Selenidera nattereri
• Guianan Toucanet, Selenidera culik
• Spot-billed Toucanet, Selenidera maculirostris
• Gould's Toucanet, Selenidera gouldii

• Keel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus
• Choco Toucan, Ramphastos brevis
• Citron-throated Toucan, Ramphastos citreolaemus
• Yellow-ridged Toucan, Ramphastos culminatus
• Channel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus
• Red-breasted Toucan, Ramphastos dicolorus
• Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Ramphastos swainsonii
• Black-mandibled Toucan, Ramphastos ambiguus
• Red-billed Toucan, Ramphastos tucanus
• Cuvier's Toucan, Ramphastos cuvieri
• Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco

External links:

• http://www.birdtimes.com/breeds/toucan.shtml
• http://www.blarg.net/~toucans/ToucanBird