BIRDS

    
Toucans and Araçaris of Brasil
Ramphastidae

 The finality of this work is providing to the birder some information and "hints" about toucans and araçaris, that as time goes by are being rarer to be found because of the destruction of its habitat (forests and scrub).
Toucans and araçaris area easily recognized by the public in general by a singular and unmistakable characteristic: the enormous beak; that besides being strong, is too sensible, being of bid efficiency, which can also work with small fruits, showing big skill of this bird.
    They are birds that feed from fruits and also meet, because they like to eat eggs and youngs form another birds. They are fearsome "nest pillagers". When they attack a colon of Cacicus haemorrous, they just stop eating its eggs and youngs when they cannot eat anything more, providing big destruction.
    They nest in trees empties, termites place etc. which normally had been done by another birds as woodpeckers, where they put round and white eggs.
    To the birders two characteristics of this bird help for its identification: the big beak and the straight flight with the wings' inserted moving with a quickly stop, returning fast.
    Different from araçaris that are smaller, toucans are used to doing big paths when they are in flights looking for perching or feeding.

There are 20 species of this family in Brazil that are:

Chestnut-tipped Toucanet; Aulacorhynchus derbianus; Tucaninho-verde
Chestnut-eared Araçari; Pteroglossus castanotis; Araçari-castanho
Black-necked Araçari; Pteroglossus aracari; Araçari-minhoca
Many-banded Araçari; Pteroglossus pluricinctus; Araçari-de-cinta-dupla
Green Araçari; Pteroglossus viridis; Araçari-limão
Lettered Araçari; Pteroglossus inscriptus; Araçari-letrado
Red-necked Araçari; Pteroglossus bitorquatus; Araçari-de-nuca-vermelha
Ivory-billed Araçari; Pteroglossus flavirostris; Araçari-bico-de-marfim
Curl-crested Araçari; Pteroglossus beauharnaesii; Araçari-mulato
Spot-billed Toucanet; Selenidera maculirostris;Saripoca-de-bico-riscado
Gould's Toucanet; Selenidera gouldii;Saripoca-de-Gould
Guianan Toucanet; Selenidera culik; Saripoca-de-bico-vermelho-e-preto
Tawny-tufted Toucanet; Selenidera nattererei;Saripoca-de-bico-castanho
Green-billed Toucanet; Selenidera langsdorfii;Saripoca-de-bico-verde
Golden-collared Toucanet; Selenidera reinwardii;Saripoca-de-coleira
Saffron Toucanet; Baillonius bailloni;Araçari-poca
Channel-billed Toucan; Ramphastos vitellinus;Tucano-de-bico-preto
Red-breasted Toucan; Ramphastos dicolorus;Tucano-de-bico-verde
Red-billed Toucan; Ramphastos tucanus;Tucano-assobiador
Toco Toucan; Ramphastos toco; Tucanuçu

Consulted bibliography

DUNNING, JOHN S. South American Birds. A Photographic Aid to Identification.  Harrowood Books.1987.
HOWARD, RICHARD and MOORE, ALICE. A complete checklist of the birds of the world. Academic Press.1991.
SCHAUENSEE, RODOLPHE MEYER DE . A guide to the birds of South  America. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philalphia. 1970.
SCHAUENSEE, RODOLPHE MEYER DE and PHELPS JR, WILLAM H. Birds of Venezuela. Princeton University Press. 1978.
SOUZA, DEODATO. Todas as aves do Brasil. Editora DALL. 1998.     

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