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Channel-billed toucan Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco). An illustration of an emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) perched on a mossy branch, showing its bright green body, yellow and black beak, and a tail with red and black markings. Close-up of a toucan with a large yellow and black bill holding a piece of fruit or nut in its beak, Amazon, Brazil. Gray-breasted mountain toucan (Andigena hypoglauca). A toucan (Ramphastos toco) with a large, colorful beak and bright yellow throat perches among green leaves in a Colombian rainforest. Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus); the bill is probably used for species recognition.
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Article title updated for style. Nov 13, 2026
Add new Web site: World Animal Rescue Network - Toucan. Oct 25, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Comparative analysis of the gut microbiota of hornbill and toucan in captivity. Mar 31, 2026
Add new Web site: Campus of the UNESP of Rio Claro - Frugivory by Toucans (Ramphastidae) at Two Altitudes in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil (PDF). Apr 11, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Cumbria - A Review of the Trade in Toucans (Ramphastidae): Levels of Trade in Species, Source and Sink Countries, Effects from Governance Actions and Conservation Concerns (PDF). Feb 01, 2025
Add new Web site: World Animal Foundation - The Toucan: A Bright and Bold Bird with a Bill to Match. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: BirdLife International - Toucan. Jun 12, 2022
Add new Web site: Cool Kid Facts - Toucan Facts For Kids. Feb 21, 2017
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids! - Fun Toucan Facts for Kids. Feb 21, 2017
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Toucan. Feb 21, 2017
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Kids - Bird - Toucan. May 15, 2014
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Toucan. Jun 18, 2013
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - Animals and Plants - Toucan. Jun 18, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Toucan. Jun 18, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Toucan. Jun 13, 2013
Media added. Jan 24, 2013
Added image of chesnut-mandibled, or Swainson's, toucan. May 27, 2011
Updated species count. Mar 11, 2010
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Toco Toucan. Aug 28, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Toucan. May 26, 2008
Media added. Jul 18, 2007
Article revised. Oct 12, 2001
Article revised. Jan 12, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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