Toucans
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Pet Birds
Toucanets
Toucanets are small and relatively short-billed toucans that belong to the toucan family, Ramphastidae. They are distantly related to woodpeckers. They occur naturally in the tropical rain forests of Latin…
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Birds
Toco Toucans
The Toco Toucans (Ramphastos toco) is the largest and most recognized of all toucan species because of the bird’s iconic use in advertising. It appears heavy but it is not. It…
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Birds
Toucan Species
Aracaris (Ramphastidae) – Softbills Andean Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta) Black-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) Black-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus) Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) Channel-bill(ed) Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan…
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Birds
Toucan-barbets
Toucan Barbets (genus Semnornis) occur naturally in the Neotropics (Central and South America). Description The Semnornis barbets are colorful and fairly large barbets, measuring between 18 – 21 cm. Behavior…
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Birds
Black-billed Mountain-toucans
The Black-billed Mountain-toucans (Andigena nigrirostris) are South American toucans found in humid highland forests in the Andes of western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. Subspecies and Distribution: Andigena…
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Tawny-tufted Toucanets
The Tawny-tufted Toucanets (Selenidera nattereri) – also known as Natterer’s Toucanets – are toucans found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana and Venezuela; where they inhabit subtropical or tropical moist…
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Birds
Spot-billed Toucanet
The Spot-billed Toucanet (Selenidera maculirostris) are South American toucans that form a superspecies with Tawny-tufted Toucanets (of northern South America), Golden-collared Toucanet (of the western part of the Amazon Basin) and…
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