Toucans

  • Birds
    Black-billed Mountain-toucans Perched on a Tree

    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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    Spot-billed Toucanets (Selenidera maculirostris)

    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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    Close up Image of Saffron Toucanets

    Saffron Toucanets

    The Saffron Toucanets (Pteroglossus bailloni) is a South American Toucan that is found in the Atlantic rain forests in south-eastern Brazil and adjacent areas in far north-eastern Argentina and eastern Paraguay. In…

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  • Birds
    A Bird on the Ground Red-breasted Toucans

    Red-breasted Toucans

    The Red-breasted Toucans or Green-billed Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) is a South American toucan that occurs naturally throughout central, southern and eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. It inhabits…

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    A Toucanet Perched on Tree Blue-banded Toucanets

    Blue-banded Toucanets

    The Blue-banded Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) – also known as Blue-throated Toucanets – are South American toucanets that occur naturally in Bolivia and Peru, where they inhabit subtropical or tropical moist…

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    Close up Image of a Red Toucan, Toucan Facts

    Toucan Facts

      Tucana is a constellation in the southern sky.  Several types of aircraft are named after the toucan.  Many indigenous peoples consider toucans as conduits between the living and the…

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