Toco toucan is a specific species of toucan, whereas "toucan" is
a collective name for the entire family of toucan. Toco Toucans are
the largest and probably the best known species within the toucan
family. Toucan is the name for a type of birds, all belonging to
the family Ramphastidae. There are five different genera within
this family, with about 40 different species in total. These genera
are: Genus Aulacorhynchus - These are the green toucanets. There
are 6 to 13 species, depending of the taxonomy. This genus
includes: * Blue-banded Toucanet * Chestnut-tipped Toucanet *
Crimson-rumped Toucanet * Yellow-browed Toucanet * Emerald
Toucanet
* Wagler's Toucanet * Blue-throated Toucanet * Violet-throated
or Nelson's Toucanet * Santa Marta Toucanet * North Andean Toucanet
* Black-throated or Peruvian Toucanet
* Groove-billed Toucanet * Yellow-billed Toucanet
Genus Selenidera - These are the dichromatic toucanets. There
are 6 species in the genus. These are: * Guianan Toucanet *
Tawny-tufted Toucanet * Gold-collared Toucanet * Langsdorff's
Toucanet (also known as the Green-billed Toucanet)
* Gould's Toucanet * Spot-billed Toucanet * Yellow-eared
Toucanet Genus Andigena - These are the mountain toucans. There are
4 species in this genus. These are: * Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan
* Hooded Mountain-toucan * Plate-billed Mountain-toucan *
Black-billed Mountain-toucan Genus Pteroglossus - These birds are
known as araçaris. There are 14 species in this genus. These are: *
Lettered Aracari * Green Aracari * Red-necked Aracari *
Ivory-billed Aracari * Brown-mandibled Aracari * Chestnut-eared
Aracari * Black-necked Aracari * Collared Aracari * Fiery-billed
Aracari * Stripe-billed Aracari * Pale-mandibled Aracari *
Many-banded Aracari * Curl-crested Aracari * Saffron Toucanet Genus
Ramphastos - These are the typical toucans. There are around 10
species in this genus. These include: * Keel-billed Toucan * Choco
Toucan * Channel-billed Toucan * Citron-throated Toucan * Ariel
Toucan * Yellow-ridged Toucan
* Red-breasted Toucan * Chestnut-mandibled Toucan *
Black-mandibled Toucan * White-throated Toucan * Red-billed Toucan
* Cuvier's Toucan
* Toco Toucan
