List of Birds of Ecuador - 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 18 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.

  • 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
  • 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
  • Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis
  • Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus
  • Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
  • Red-billed Toucan Ramphastos tucanus
  • Andean Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

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