One of the most exciting birds to spot in Costa Rica is the toucan. With their huge colorful beaks and quirky personalities, ...

Toucans are not endangered, but 11 out of 50 known species are threatened. Bird preservation, like Parrot Mountain in Tennessee, provides shelter and safety for toco toucans.

Aside from helping the bird reach food, the bill plays a major role in regulation of body temperature. The Toco Toucan can adjust blood flow to its beak, essentially using it like a built-in air ...

Toucans are among the world’s noisiest birds. When they sing, they sound like frogs croaking. (Listen to a toucan's call via the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library.) They also make ...

"If you look at a map, the Yucatán Peninsula is not that far from Florida," says Rapoza, "but it's very, very unlikely that a bird like a toucan would fly a couple of hundred miles over open ...

These include the collared aracari, a small toucan-like bird, with a yellow chest and enormous beak, as well as several members of the manakin family — small brightly colored forest birds known ...