Toucans

  • BirdsSpot-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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  • BirdsClose 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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  • BirdsA 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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  • BirdsA 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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  • BirdsClose 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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  • BirdsA Bird Perched on a Tree Yellow-eared Toucanets

    Yellow-eared Toucanets

    The Yellow-eared Toucanets (Selenidera spectabilis) are Toucans found in the humid forests in Central America and western Colombia (the Chocó). Distribution / Range The Yellow-eared Toucanets occur naturally in northern…

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  • Gould’s Toucanets

    The Gould’s Toucanets (Selenidera gouldii) are South American Toucans that are closely related to the Tawny-tufted Toucanets of northwest Amazonia, Golden-collared Toucanets of upper Amazonia, and Spot-billed Toucanets found in…

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