Toucans
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Toucans (in Portuguese: Tucano, Spanish: Tucᮩ 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.
The toucan vocalizes with a sound characterized in English as "awk".
Species list
- Pteroglossus
- 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
- Ramphastos
- Keel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Choco Toucan, Ramphastos brevis
- Citron-throated Toucan, Ramphastos citreolaemus
- Yellow-ridged Toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus 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
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