List of Birds of Colombia - Toucans

Toucans

Order: Piciformes. Family: Ramphastidae

Toucans are near passerine birds from the neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colourful bills which in some species may amount to half their body length. There are 24 species which have been recorded in Colombia. Colombia contains the largest number of toucans of any country.

  • Groove-billed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus sulcatus
  • Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
  • Lettered Aracari Pteroglossus inscriptus
  • Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis
  • Ivory-billed Aracari Pteroglossus azara
  • Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis
  • Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari
  • Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
  • Many-banded Aracari Pteroglossus pluricinctus
  • Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena laminirostris
  • Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
  • Black-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena nigrirostris
  • Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis
  • Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii
  • Tawny-tufted Toucanet Selenidera nattereri
  • Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
  • Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis
  • Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus
  • Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
  • Red-billed Toucan Ramphastos tucanus
  • Violet-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus cognatus
  • Santa Marta Toucanet Aulacorhynchus lautus (E)
  • Andean Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

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