Los tucanes son aves de plumas y pico de colores muy llamativos por su brillantez y colorido. Llegan a medir hasta 60 cm. Su pico es largo, macizo con dientecillos como sierra llega a medir la tercera parte de su tamaño y es muy ligero por las numerosas cámaras que tiene por lo que no le dificulta el vuelo. Su lengua es muy larga (llega a medir hasta 14 cm), angosta, aplanada y termina en punta. Tiene alas pequeñas, cortas y redondeadas. La cola es cuadrada en unas especies y llama la atención la facilidad con que la mueve hacia arriba y abajo. Los ojos están rodeados por una piel que a veces es de colores vivos.
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They are arboreal, often perching on branches rather than climb them, and nest in hollow trees, laying two to four eggs. Use the pliers-like beak, craning forward to reach the food. Toucans are not migratory birds, are often found in pairs or small flocks.
Toucans are gregarious birds that live in flocks of about a dozen.Spend their entire lives in trees and feeds on fruits, insects and spiders. Sometimes birds will eat the eggs and babies of other species. In captivity they eat caterpillars, insects and ground beef.To swallow make a sudden movement with his head.
Most toucans emit a chirping produce monotone or very primitive.They nest in tree cavities and place 2 to 4 white eggs and incubation period is from 43 to 46 days. The young people have the beak toucans shorter than adults, but the plumage there is little difference by age or sex.

The old ornithologists divided into two kinds of toucans toucans and arasaris true.
The largest are the ramphastos, reaching 60 cm in length. Among the variety of Amazonian toucans stand, peak green and red and green crop species of andigena, which crosses the Andes in search of food. For his part aracari, common in zoos and pet shops live in the rainforests of Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela.
True or ramphastos Toucans are large square tail are the most black plumage and beak of bright colors.
Arasaris are smaller, its tail is stepped,