Family Ramphastidae
(toucans)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Archosauria (birds and crocodiles)
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  Class Aves (birds)
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  Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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  Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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  Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives)
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  Family Ramphastidae (toucans)
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  Genus Andigena
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  Genus Aulacorhynchus
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  Genus Baillonius
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  Genus Buccanodon
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  Genus Calorhamphus
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  Genus Capito
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  Genus Eubucco
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  Genus Gymnobucco
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  Genus Lybius
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  Genus Megalaima
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  Genus Pogoniulus
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  Genus Psilopogon
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  Genus Pteroglossus
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  Genus Ramphastos
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  Genus Selenidera
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