toucan: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	tucano • Ramphastidae

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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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