# List of toucans

Toucans are birds in the family Ramphastidae in the order Piciformes. There are currently 43 extant species of toucans recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union.

## Conventions

Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the toucan’s range is provided. Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List.
This list follows the taxonomic treatment (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird List. Where the taxonomy proposed by the IOC World Bird List conflicts with the taxonomy followed by the IUCN or the 2023 edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, the disagreement is noted next to the species's common name (for nomenclatural disagreements) or scientific name (for taxonomic disagreements).

## Classification

The International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) recognises 43 species of toucans in five genera. This list does not include hybrid species, extinct prehistoric species, or putative species not yet accepted by the IOU.
Family Ramphastidae
* Genus Aulacorhynchus: eleven species
* Genus Pteroglossus: fourteen species
* Genus Selenidera: six species
* Genus Andigena: four species
* Genus Ramphastos: eight species

## Toucans

Genus Aulacorhynchus – Gould, 1835 – 11 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Wagler's toucanet | A. wagleri (Sturm, J. H. C. F., & Sturm, J. W., 1841) | Southwestern Mexico | LC  Unknown |
| Emerald toucanet | A. prasinus (Gould, 1833) Four subspecies A. p. warneri A. p. prasinus A. p. virescens A. p. volcanius | Eastern Mexico to Nicaragua | LC  Unknown |
| Blue-throated toucanet | A. caeruleogularis Gould, 1853 Two subspecies A. c. caeruleogularis A. c. cognatus | Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia | LC  Unknown |
| White-throated toucanet | A. albivitta (Boissonneau, 1840) Four subspecies A. a. lautus A. a. griseigularis A. a. phaeolaemus A. a. albivitta | Colombia, western Venezuela and eastern Ecuador | LC  Unknown |
| Black-throated toucanet | A. atrogularis (Sturm, J. H. C. F. & Sturm, J. W., 1841) Four subspecies A. a. cyanolaemus A. a. dimidiatus A. a. atrogularis | Central Ecuador to western Bolivia | NE  Unknown |
| Groove-billed toucanet | A. sulcatus (Sturm, J. H. C. F. & Sturm, J. W., 1841) Three subspecies A. s. sulcatus A. s. erythrognathus A. s. calorhynchus | Northeastern Colombia and northern Venezuela | NE  Unknown |
| Chestnut-tipped toucanet | A. derbianus Gould, 1835 | Southeastern Colombia to central Bolivia | LC  Unknown |
| Tepui toucanet | A. whitelianus Salvin & Godman, 1882 Three subspecies A. w. duidae A. w. whitelianus A. w. osgoodi | Southern Venezuela and southern Guyana | LC  Unknown |
| Crimson-rumped toucanet | A. haematopygus (Gould, 1835) Two subspecies A. h. haematopygus A. h. sexnotatus | Western Venezuela to eastern Ecuador | LC  Unknown |
| Yellow-browed toucanet | A. huallagae Carriker, 1933 | Northern Peru | EN  600–1,500 |
| Blue-banded toucanet | A. coeruleicinctis D'Orbigny, 1840 | Central Peru to southeastern Bolivia | LC  Unknown |
Genus Pteroglossus – Illiger, 1811 – 14 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Green aracari | P. viridis (Linnaeus, 1766) | Northeastern Amazon rainforest | LC  Unknown |
| Lettered aracari | P. inscriptus Swainson, 1822 Two subspecies P. i. inscriptus P. i. humboldti | Western and southern Amazon rainforest | NE  Unknown |
| Red-necked aracari | P. bitorquatus Vigors, 1826 Three subspecies P. b. sturmii P. b. reichenowi P. b. bitorquatus | Southern Amazon rainforest | NE  Unknown |
| Ivory-billed aracari | P. azara Vieillot, 1819 Two subspecies P. a. flavirostris P. a. azara | Northwestern Amazon rainforest | NE  Unknown |
| Brown-mandibled aracari | P. mariae Gould, 1854 | Southwestern Amazon rainforest | NE  Unknown |
| Black-necked aracari | P. aracari (Linnaeus, 1758) Three subspecies P. a. atricollis P. a. aracari P. a. wiedii | Northeastern and eastern South America | LC  Unknown |
| Chestnut-eared aracari | P. castanotis Gould, 1834 Two subspecies P. c. castanotis P. c. australis | Western Amazon rainforest to southeastern Brazil | LC  Unknown |
| Many-banded aracari | P. pluricinctus Gould, 1835 | Northwestern Amazon rainforest | LC  Unknown |
| Collared aracari | P. torquatus (Gmelin, J. F., 1788) Three subspecies P. t. torquatus P. t. erythrozonus P. t. nuchalis | Mexico to Venezuela | LC  Unknown |
| Stripe-billed aracari | P. sanguineus Gould, 1854 | Western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador | LC  Unknown |
| Pale-mandibled aracari | P. erythropygius Gould, 1843 | Western Ecuador | LC  Unknown |
| Fiery-billed aracari | P. frantzii Cabanis, 1861 | Costa Rica and Panama | LC  50,000–499,999 |
| Curl-crested aracari | P. beauharnaisii Wagler, 1831 | Western Amazon rainforest | LC  Unknown |
| Saffron toucanet | P. bailloni (Vieillot, 1819) | Southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina | NT  Unknown |
Genus Selenidera – Gould, 1837 – 6 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Yellow-eared toucanet | S. spectabilis Cassin, 1858 | Honduras to southwestern Colombia | LC  50,000–499,999 |
| Guianan toucanet | S. piperivora (Linnaeus, 1758) | Northeastern Amazon rainforest | LC  Unknown |
| Golden-collared toucanet | S. reinwardtii (Wagler, 1827) Two subspecies S. r. reinwardtii S. r. langsdorffii | Western Amazon rainforest | NE  Unknown |
| Tawny-tufted toucanet | S. nattereri (Gould, 1835) | Northcentral Amazon rainforest | LC  Unknown |
| Gould's toucanet | S. gouldii (Natterer, 1837) | Southern Amazon rainforest | LC  Unknown |
| Spot-billed toucanet | S. maculirostris (Lichtenstein, M. H. C., 1823) | Southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina | LC  Unknown |
Genus Andigena – Gould, 1851 – 4 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Grey-breasted mountain toucan | A. hypoglauca (Gould, 1833) Two subspecies A. h. hypoglauca A. h. lateralis | Central Colombia to Peru | NT  Unknown |
| Plate-billed mountain toucan | A. laminirostris Gould, 1851 | Southeastern Colombia to southern Ecuador | NT  Unknown |
| Hooded mountain toucan | A. cucullata (Gould, 1846) | Southeastern Peru to central Bolivia | LC  Unknown |
| Black-billed mountain toucan | A. nigrirostris (Waterhouse, 1839) Three subspecies A. n. occidentalis A. n. spilorhynchus A. n. nigrirostris | Western Venezuela to northern Peru | LC  Unknown |
Genus Ramphastos – Linnaeus, 1758 – 8 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Red-breasted toucan | R. dicolorus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina | LC  Unknown |
| Channel-billed toucan | R. vitellinus Lichtenstein, M. H. C., 1823 Three subspecies R. v. culminatus R. v. vitellinus R. v. ariel | Amazon rainforest and eastern and southeastern Brazil | NE  Unknown |
| Citron-throated toucan | R. citreolaemus Gould, 1844 | Northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela | LC  Unknown |
| Choco toucan | R. brevis Meyer de Schauensee, 1945 | Northwestern Colombia to southwestern Ecuador | LC  Unknown |
| Keel-billed toucan | R. sulfuratus Lesson, R. P., 1830 Two subspecies R. s. sulfuratus R. s. brevicarinatus | Eastern Mexico to northwestern Venezuela | NT  50,000–499,999 |
| Toco toucan | R. toco Müller, P. L. S., 1776 Two subspecies R. t. toco R. t. albogularis | Northeastern, central, and southeastern South America | LC  Unknown |
| White-throated toucan | R. tucanus Linnaeus, 1758 Three subspecies R. t. tucanus R. t. cuvieri R. t. inca | Amazon rainforest | NE  Unknown |
| Yellow-throated toucan | R. ambiguus Swainson, 1823 Three subspecies R. a. swainsonii R. a. ambiguus R. a. abbreviatus | Central and northwestern South America | NT  Unknown |