Toucans, aracaris and toucanets in captivity

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Another thread about a complete bird-family - this time a very well-known one. Even that it's well-known, it has recieved little attention sofar on ZooChat and I hope this will change with this thread.
Goal is to find-out where and how many are kept ( and bred ) in the world zoos, to publish breeding-results and other toucan-related information and to look if we already have photos of the different species in our own ZooChat Gallery.
The taxonomy of this family is seen different by several scientists and I used the "CiF Checklist" which recognize 6 genera and 44 species :
  • Toco Toucan, Ramphastos toco
  • White-throated Toucan, Ramphastos tucanus
  • Yellow-throated Toucan, Ramphastos ambiguus
  • Keel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus
  • Red-breasted Toucan / Green-billed Toucan, Ramphastos dicolorus
  • Choco Toucan, Ramphastos brevis
  • Channel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus
  • Saffron Toucanet, Pteroglossus bailloni
  • Green Aracari, Pteroglossus viridis
  • Lettered Aracari, Pteroglossus inscriptus
  • Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus
  • Fiery-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus frantzii
  • Stripe-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus sanguineus
  • Pale-mandibled Aracari, Pteroglossus erythropygius
  • Ivory-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus azara
  • Red-necked Aracari, Pteroglossus bitorquatus
  • Curl-crested Aracari, Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
  • Black-necked Aracari, Pteroglossus aracari
  • Chestnut-eared Aracari, Pteroglossus castanotis
  • Many-banded Aracari, Pteroglossus pluricinctus
  • Yellow-eared Toucanet, "Selenidera" spectabilis
  • Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Andigena laminirostris
  • Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Andigena nigrirostris
  • Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Andigena hypoglauca
  • Hooded Mountain-Toucan, Andigena cucullata
  • Guianan Toucanet, Selenidera piperivora
  • Tawny-tufted Toucanet, Selenidera nattereri
  • Golden-collared Toucanet, Selenidera reinwardtii
  • Gould's Toucanet, Selenidera gouldii
  • Spot-billed Toucanet, Selenidera maculirostris
  • Yellow-browed Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus huallagae
  • Blue-banded Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
  • Whitely's Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus whitelianus
  • Groove-billed Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus sulcatus
  • Derby's Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus derbianus
  • Violet-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus cognatus
  • Blue-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis
  • Emerald Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus prasinus
  • Wagler's Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus wagleri
  • Gray-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus griseigularis
  • Black-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus atrogularis
  • Santa Marta Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus lautus
  • White-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus albivitta
Because of the size of the family I will deal with it in parts to begin with the most well-known members of the family, the larger toucans of the genus Ramphastos :

- Ramphastos toco - Toco toucan
Captive status : The most commonly kept and best-known member of the toucans. Alone in Europe 55 zoos are keeping animals of none subspecific status and several of these zoos do have ( or had ) breeding-results with the species esp. Rotterdam Zoo has bred them in good numbers ! Also in the privat sector the species is kept and bred in some numbers.
With the pure subspecies the picture looks very different:
Subspecies R. t. toco : in Europe kept at the moment at only 1 collection ( Villars les Dombes ).
Subspecies R. t. albogularis : in Europe also kept only at one collection ( Santillana del Mar )
Breeding results : As said the species is bred in a number of zoos ( for example Walsrode, Wuppertal, Aalborg, Paignton, London, Farnham and Rotterdam ).
A breeding-report can be found here : Breeding Toco Toucans | Seibels | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There are loads of pictures of this species to be found in the Gallery like this one taken at Rotterdam Zoo : Toco toucan | ZooChat
Notes : would be very intresting to know more about the captive status of this species in other regions then Europe.

- Ramphastos tucanus - White-throated toucan ( aka Red-billed toucan )
Captive status : After the Toco toucan this is the second most-commonly kept species in Europe, at least birds of none subspecific status ( 37 zoos keeping it in Europe ).Also in the privat sector this species is kept and bred in some numbers.
Subspecies R. t. tucanus : kept at 6 zoos
Subspecies R. t. cuvieri : not kept anymore in Europe
Subspecies R. t. inca : at the moment only one collection keeping it ( Zoo Antwerp )
Breeding results : In Europe the species has been bred at at least 2 collections ( London Zoo 2005 - 2009 and Butterflypark Empuriabrava - Spain ).
1986 Paignton Zoo had a breeding-result with the subspecies R. t. cuvieri.
A breeding-report can be found here : A Possible First Breeding of the Red Billed Toucan | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery:A number of pictures can be found in the Gallery like this one : Red-billed toucan at Shanghai zoo 2014-4-3 | ZooChat. A photo of the subspecies R. t. inca can be found here : red-billed tucan | ZooChat.
Notes : Same as for the Toco toucan.

- Ramphastos ambiguus - Yellow-throated toucan ( aka Black-mandibled toucan )
Captive status : A rare species in European collection with only the subspecies R. a. swainsoni represented in 4 collections.
Breeding results : Found only one breeding-result for European collections : in 2000 Bioparc Fuengirola bred it.
A breeding-report from the USA can be found here : First Breeding of the Swainson's (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : Relative few photos of this species - and the subspecies R. a. swainsoni - are in the Gallery but this is one of them : Swainson's toucan at Amazon World, 5 April 2010 | ZooChat

- Rhamphastos sulfuratus - Keel-billed toucan
Captive status : Kept at a number of European collections ( 16 ) but I don't know how the situation in other regions is. I do know however that at least the Los Angeles Zoo has kept it.
Breeding results : A pair of none subspecific animals bred succesfully at Papiliorama - Kerzers and at Rotterdam Zoo a pair of the nominate form bred succesfully in 2004 and 2005.
Photos in the Gallery : There is a good number of photos in the Gallery both from captive and wild birds like this one : Keel-billed toucan | ZooChat.

- Ramphastos discolorus - Red-breasted toucan ( aka Green-billed toucan )
Captive status : At the moment this species is not kept at all in Europe but in the past several collections have kept ( and bred ) it. Don't know if its kept at the privat sector in Europe. Also from other regios I'm not aware of it being kept.
Breeding results : The species has bred succesfully several times in the past in Europe ( Walsrode 1967 and 1971, Rotterdam Zoo 1979 ) and also in the USA it has been bred several times succesfully as can be seen in these breeding reports:
Red~breasted toucans flourish in Phoenix | Buhl | AFA Watchbird
Too Many Toucans (red breasted) | Iwinski | AFA Watchbird
Breeding Red-breasted Toucans | Phoenix | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There are several photos in the Gallery like this one : Orinoco Rainforest - Toucan Heights Exhibit - Red-breasted Toucan | ZooChat.
Notes : This was the first Toucan-species which was bred succesfully in captivity. In 1965 some chicks hatched at Walsrode but these were not raised. 2 years later the pair was more succesfully and raised 4 chicks and photos of this raising have been published in many publications. 1971 another chick was raised at Walsrode.

- Ramphastos brevis - Choco toucan
Captive status : At the moment this species is not kept in European public collections and I don't know if it is kept in privat collections.
Breeding results : In the USA the species has been bred at least one time, see :
First Breeding of the Choco Toucan | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : This is the only species of the Ramphastos-genus for which I didn't found pictures in our Gallery.

- Ramphastos vitellinus - Channel-billed toucan
Captive status : Kept at a good number of European collections. None-subspecific specimens are kept at 26 collections and the subspecies R. v. vitellinus at 5 collections.
Both the subspecies R. v. ariel and R. v. citreolaemus are not kept anymore in Europe.
Breeding results : None-subspecifics have been bred at Antwerp Zoo in 1997 and the nominate-form has been bred at Perm during 2010 and at Walsrode in 2014.
Breeding-report from the USA can be found here :
First Captive Breeding of the Ariel Toucan | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
A possible first captive breeding of the Channel Bill Toucan | Robertshaw | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There is a good number of photos in the Gallery, like this one made at Duisburg Zoo : Channel-billed toucan | ZooChat

To be continued...



 
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Part II : the genus Pteroglossus.

Next to the larger toucans from part I, these are to best known and most kept species of the family and best-known as Aracaris. A good general article about the keeping and breeding of these birds in captivity can be found here :
http://piciformes.org/pdf/The_Aracaris.pdf

- Pteroglossus bailloni - Saffron toucanet
Captive status : At the moment the species isn't kept at any public collection in Europe but I know it is kept at at least one privat breeding-station in the Netherlands.
Breeding results : Found only one note on the breeding of this species in captivity, which was at Vogelpark Bad Rothenfelde in 1978 and was claimed as being the world-first-breeding of the species.
Photos in the Gallery : There are only a few pictures of the species at the Gallery, all made at a privat breeding center in the Neterlands like this one : Gold toucan | ZooChat
Notes : I guess the species is represented in US-collections and would like to learn more about this.
Took also care for it myself during my time as animal-keeper at Walsrode.
The species is placed by some scientists into a genus for its own : Baillonius.

- Pteroglossus viridis - Green aracari
Captive status : The most-commonly kept species of this genus in Europe with 27 public collections keeping it. Also in the privat sector the species is kept in good numbers
In the USA there is a breeding programm fro this species by the AZA and a good number of collections is working with it.
Breeding results : There are a lot of breeding results archieved with this species :
European first breeding was at Walrode in 1993 and further breeding results were at Chester ( 2015 ), Attica ( 2005 - 2006 ), Parc Animalierdes Pyrenees ( 2014 ) and Antwerp ( 2002 - 2004 and 2017 )
Breeding reports can be found here :
Handrearing the Green Aracari | Vince | AFA Watchbird
The Green Aracari in Aviculture | Crean | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There is a good number of photos of this species in the Gallery like this one : Green aracari : Cotswold WP : 07 Feb 2016 | ZooChat

- Pteroglossus inscriptus - Lettered aracari
Captive status : The species is at the moment not kept in any public collection but at least the subspecies P. i. humboldti is kept at a privat breeding center in the Netherlands.
Breeding results : Sofar I didn't find any information about the captive breeding of this species.
Photos in the Gallery : There is only one photo of this species in the Gallery, being this one :
Lettered Aracari | ZooChat

- Pteroglossus aracari - Collared aracari
Captive status : At the moment the species is only kept at one European public collection, Zooekzotarium, Tula. Both nominate P. t. torquatus and subspecies P. t. nuchalis are kept at at least one privat collection.
Breeding results : For Europe I didn't find any information about captive breeding but the Dallas World Aquarium bred it between 2001 and 2004. One clutch after the other was laid and the young were hand-raised.
A breeding report can be found here :
The Collared Aracari | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There is a good number of pictures from this secies in our Gallery, both from captive birds as well as from birds in the wild. Photo from a captive bird : Collared aracari | ZooChat
Photo from subspecies P. t. nuchalis : Nuchal's collared aracari | ZooChat

- Pteroglossus frantzii - Fiery-billed aracari
Captive status : None kept at the moment in European public collections and also in the past only very few birds of this species seemed to have been imported - I only found a note that Vogelpark Walsrode kept it in the past.
In the USA the species is kept at least at the Dallas World Aquarium.
Breeding results : Didn't found any information about captive breeding.
Photos in the Gallery : Only 2 photos sofar from this species, both made in the wild, this is one of them : Fiery-billed aracari | ZooChat

- Pteroglossus sanguineus - Stripe-billed aracari
Captive status : No information found about captive-keeping of this species.
Breeding results : No information.
Photos in the Gallery : Sofar not a single photo of this species in the Gallery.

- Pteroglossus erythropygius - Pale-mandibled aracari
Captive status : In Europe kept only at one Zoo ( Zoo Berlin ) but I know it is kept at several privat collections.
Breeding results : Los Angeles Zoo had the world-first-breeding in 1974. The European first-breeding was archieved by the Wilhelma - Stuttgart in 1986. A Dutch privat-breeder bred it at the end of 2016.
Photos in the Gallery : There are sofar only 3 photos of the species in the Gallery. One from Berlin Zoo ( see : 10/08/17 - Pale-billed aracari | ZooChat ) and 2 from a dutch softbill show from which this is one :
Pale-billed aracari - Pteroglossus erythropygius | ZooChat

- Pteroglossus azara - Ivory-billed aracari
Captive status : Kept at only one public collection in Europe ( Aquarium Universeum Goteborg ) but also kept by privat bird-keepers.
Breeding results : At the beginning of 2017 a privat aviculturist from the Netherlands offered captive-bred birds from the subspecies P. a. mariea for sale but I was unable to find-out more about this breeding.
Photos in the Gallery : A good number of photos can be found in the Gallery like this one :
Ivory-billed Aracari | ZooChat

- Pteroglossus bitorquatus - Red-necked aracari
Captive status : None kept at the moment in European zoos and historicaly only 2 collections have kept it ( Zoo Cologne and Walsrode ). Subspecies P. b. reichenowi has been kept in the past at 3 collections in Europe ( Zoo Berlin, Vienna and Durrell ).
Breeding results : Didn't find any info about captive breeding this species.
Photos in the Gallery : Didn't found any photos of the Red-necked aracari in our Gallery.

- Pteroglossus beauharnaesii - Curl-crested aracari
Captive status : Kept at 6 public collections in Europe and also in the privat sector the species is kept by several collections. I'm quite sure it is also in some numbers in the USA.
Breeding results : World-first breeding was archieved by Ohrada Zoo in 1996 and was also bred at Dvur Kralove ( 2001 - 2002 and 2003 ) and NOP Veldhoven ( no year given ). It's also bred by privat collections. ZTL also mention Pairi Daiza as a possible breeder but during the time I worked there, we didn't breed them.
Photos in the Gallery : There is a good number of pictures of the Curl-crested aracari to be found in the Gallery like this one :
Curl-crested aracari | ZooChat
Notes : By several scientists placed in a genus of its own : Beauharnaisius.

- Pteroglossus aracari - Black-necked aracari
Captive status : One of the more commonly kept species in Europe and non-subspecific birds can be found in 18 collections. The subspecies P. a. atricollis is much rarer and kept at only one collection ( Walsrode ). The subspecies P. a. wiedii is not kept at all anymor in Europe'
Breeding results : The species has been bred several times like at Barquisimeto Zoo which published an article about this breeding at th International Zoo Yearbook vol. 28. Krefeld Zoo bred it in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. At London Zoo the species was bred for the first time in the Uk during 2002. The subspecies P. a. atricollis is being bred regulary at Vogelpark Walsrode which had its first succesfull breeding in 2010.
Photos in the Gallery : Good number of photos from this species in our Gallery like this one :
Black-necked aracari | ZooChat

- Pteroglossus castanotis - Chestnut-eared aracari
Captive status : At the moment only kept at one public collection in Europe ( Walsrode ) but I'm aware of several privat collections keeping it.
Breeding results : Walsrode had the European-first breeding 2014 and bred it also during 2016.
A breeding-report of a privat breeder can be found here :
https://www.softbillsforsale.com/articles/chestnut-eared-aracari.asp
A small video-clip from 3 chicks from a dutch privat breeder can be found here :
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=486564268344578
Photos in the Gallery : The is a good number of picturs of this species in the Gallery like this one :
https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/chestnut-eared-aracari.347632/

- Pteroglossus pluricinctus - Many-banded aracari
Captive status : Not kept at all in public collections in Europe at the moment and also historicly the species was very rare with only one collection keeping it in the past ( Cologne Zoo ). It is however kept at the moment at at least one breeding center in the Netherlands.
Breeding results : I was not able to find any information about captive breeding of this species.
Photos in the Gallery : Only 2 photos sofar from this species in our Gallery, both taken at a privat breeding center from which this is one :
https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/many-banded-aracari.376318/

To be continued....
 
Part III : Genera Selenidera and Andigena ( toucanets and mountain toucans ).

- Selenidera spectabilis - Yellow-eared toucanet
Captive status : Formerly kept at 6 European public collections but now not kept at all anymore. Also didn't found information about the species kept at collections outside Europe or being kept at privat collections.
Breeding-results : No information about this species being bred in captivity.
Photos in the Gallery :Wasn't able to find any photos of the Yellow-eared toucanet in our Gallery :(.

- Andigena laminirostris - Plate-billed mountain toucan
Captive status : 2 European public collections are keeping this species at the moment but historicly the most commonly kept species of the mountain toucans. Zootierlist mentions no less then 24 collections which have kept it in the past. The species is also still kept in privat collections in Europe and photos in the Gallery suggest that the species is also still kept at American collections.
Breeding-results : Found only one note on one ( unsuccesfull ) breeding-attemp at Walsrode. Here eggs were laid but the young(s ? ) which hatched was/were not raised.
Photos in the Gallery : A good number of pictures from this species can be found in the Gallery like this one made at the Bronx Zoo : Plate-Billed Mountain-Toucan | ZooChat.

- Andigena nigrirostris - Black-billed mountain toucan
Captive status : Rare species in captivity and at the moment not kept at all in Europe. Formerly kept at 2 European collections : Vogelpark Metelen and Zoo Antwerp.
Breeding-results : As far as I know never bred in captivity.
Photos in the Gallery : No photos of this species in the Gallery.

- Andigena hypoglauca - Grey-breasted mountain toucan
Captive status : Wasn't able to find any information about this species ever being kept in captivity.
Breeding-results : As a result of the above also no breeding-results know of this species.
Photos in the Gallery : Also no photos in the Gallery.

- Andigena cucullata - Hooded mountain toucan
Captive status : Not kept anymore in European public collections and I'm also unaware of it being kept privatly. Historicly it has been kept at 2 collections : Wilhelma - Stuttgart and Vogelpark Walsrode.
Breeding-results : No information found on captive-breeding this species.
Photos in the Gallery : No photos found in our Gallery.

- Selenidera piperivora - Guyanan toucanet
Captive status : With 6 European public collections keeping it, this is the most commonly kept species of this genus. I know it is also kept at some privat collections in Europe.
Breeding-results : In 1995 Aalborg Zoo had the European first-breeding with this species and they bred it also a year later. Aalborg however doesn't keep the species anymore.
Other breeding-results were archieved at Olomouc ( 2011 ), Zlin-Lesna ( 2010 and 2011 ) and Mondo Verde ( 2016 ).
An article about a breeding in the USA can be found here : First breeding of the Guyana Toucanet | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There is a good number of photos of this species to be found in our Gallery like this one : Guianan toucanet | ZooChat

- Selenidera nattereri - Tawny-tufted toucanet
Captive status : Didn't found any captive-information at all about this species.
Breeding-results : Of course also no information.
Photos in the Gallery : No pictures of this species in the Gallery.

- Selenidera reinwardtii - Golden-collared toucanet
Captive status : Found only one note on captive-keeping of this species. In 1903 the Berlin Zoo recieved a pair of the subspecies S. r. langsdorffii.
Breeding-results : No information about the species ever being bred in captivity.
Photos in the Gallery : This species is still unrepresented in our Gallery.

- Selenidera gouldii - Gould's toucanet
Captive status : Not kept in captivity at the moment and historicly on kept once : a single specimen kept at Hamburg Zoo ( not Hagenbeck ) in the middle of the 1920-ties.
Breeding-results : No information about captive-breeding.
Photos in the Gallery : Didn't found any photos in the Gallery.

- Selenidera maculirostris - Spot-billed toucanet
Captive status : Has been kept at 13 European public collections but at the moment not a single zoo keeps them anymore. In privat collections it however is still kept.
Breeding-results : Found only a single note about a breeding-attemp with this species. During 1913 ( a ) young hatched at London Zoo but was ( were ? ) not raised. This must have been the very first breeding-attemp of any member of the Toucan-family !
Photos in the Gallery : A photo made at a dutch breeding station can be found here : Spot-billed toucanet | ZooChat

To be continued ....
 
The pale -billed aracari is definitely held at Linton and ZTL also lists Exmoor which I believe to be correct. This makes 3 public collections including Berlin.
 
Did some research on the breeding of the Spot-billed toucanet at London Zoo during 1913 and at the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 I found some ( confusing ) information and a very nice drawing of the chick ( see Nest-young Spot-billed toucanet | ZooChat ).
In the Proceedings it first is mentioned that a chick hatched on August 11 1913 but later - in a discription and the drawing of the chick its mentioned that a chick, hatched July 1913 so I'm not sure if the species bred twice ( July AND August ) or that there was made some kind of mistake in one of the 2 notes ???
 
Part IV ( last part of the species accounts ) :

Dealing with the largest genus of the toucan-family, Aulacorhynchus.

- Aulacorhynchus huallagae - Yellow-browed toucanet
Captive status : Didn't find any notes on this species being kept in captivity, either public nor privatly.
Breeding-results : Because it not being kept in captivity of course also no breeding-results are known.
Photos in the Gallery : Also there are still no photos of this species in the Gallery.

- Aulacorhynchus coeruleicintis - Blue-banded toucanet
Captive status : In European collections this species seems to be never been kept ( Zootierliste ) but in the USA the Dallas World Aquarium is keeping this species.
Breeding-results : Here on Zoochat I found a note that the Dallas World Aquarium had the world-first-breeding with this species but I don't have any furter information about that event ( year and number bred - maybe another ZooChatter ? ).
Photos in the Gallery : Sofar only a single photo in the ZooChatt Gallery which can be found here :
Blue-Banded Toucanet | ZooChat

- Aulacorhynchus haematopygus - Crimson-rumped toucanet
Captive status : At the moment the most commonly kept species of this genus in Europe and being kept at ... 3 public collections ( ! ) : Walsrode, Villars les Dombes and Goteborg. In the past it was however a little more common. In Europe I know also a number of privat collections keeping and breeding this species and in the USA at least the Dallas World Aquarium and the Bronx Zoo are keeping the species.
Breeding-results : In Europe the species has been bred at a good number of public collections, the first being Padstow ( 1982 ) and the same year also Chester Zoo was succesfull ( as well as in 1986 and 1987 ). At Basel Zoo the species bred at 1983 and more recently it was bred succesfully at the privat breeding-station Wisbroek in the Netherlands.
The world-first-breeding was archieved by the Los Angeles Zoo in 1970 and a number of other USA-collections were also succesfully in breeding the species. An article about a succesfull breeding can be found here: Crimson~rumped Toucanets (Aulachorynchus haematopygus) | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There is a very good number of photos from this species in our Gallery, like for example this one : Crimson-rumped toucanet - Aulacorhynchus haematopygus | ZooChat

- Aulacorhynchus whitelianus - Whitely's toucanet
Captive status : Didn't found any information about this species being kept at captivity.
Breeding-results : So also no information about captive breeding-results.
Photos in the Gallery : No photos of this species in our Gallery.

- Aulacorhynchus sulcatus - Groove-billed toucanet
Captive status : In Europe only kept at 2 collections, both at the beginning of the last centuary ( London and Berlin ). More recently 2 other collections kept the subspecies A. s. calorhynchus - the Yellow-billed toucanet : Antwerp and Walsrode ( Zootierliste list this subspecies as being a full species ). At the moment I'm not aware of it being kept in any collection.
Breeding-results : No captive breeing known to me.
Photos in the Gallery : No pictures sofar in the Gallery.

- Aulacorhynchus derbianus - Derby's toucanet
Captive status : To my knowledge not kept in captivity.
Breeding results : No breeding-results known.
Photos in the Gallery : No photos in the Gallery.

- Aulacorhynchus cognatus - Violet-throated toucanet
Captive status : Another species for which I was not able to find any captive records.
Breeding-results : No info about captive-breeding results found.
Photos in the Gallery : No photos of this species in the Gallery.

- Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis - Blue-throated toucanet
Captive status : At the moment not to be found in any public collection in Europe and formely only kept at the London Zoo. I know however that it is being kept at at least one privat breeding station in the Netherlands. In the USA it is at least kept at the Dallas World Aquarium.
Breeding-results : The Dallas World Aquarium should have had the world-first-breeding with this species but I don't have any furter information about this result.
Photos in the Gallery : There is a number of photos ( both captive and in the wild ) from this species in our Gallery, like this one : Blue-throated toucanet | ZooChat.

- Aulacorhynchus prasinus - Emerald toucanet
Captive status : Not kept anymore in public collections in Europe but in the past kept at at least 14 collections. Privatly there are however still some animals kept in Europe. In the USA I know it is kept at the Dallas World Aquarium.
Breeding-results : I know it has been bred succesfully at Wisbroek Breeding Center in the Netherlands.
Photos in the Gallery : Several photos in the Gallery like this one : Emerald Toucanet | ZooChat

- Aulacorhynchus wagleri - Wagler's toucanet
Captive status : No information about this species being kept in captivity.
Breeding-results : No information about captive breeding.
Photos in the Gallery : No photos of this species in the Gallery.

- Aulacorhynchus griseigularis - Gray-throated toucanet
Captive status : Wasn't able to find any information about this species being kept in captivity.
Breeding-results : No captive-breeding information of this species.
Photos in the Gallery : No photos in our Gallery.

- Aulacorhynchus atrogularis - Black-throated toucanet
Captive status : In Europe at the moment only at one public collection - Walsrode but also at at least one privat breeding station. In the Americas it is being kept at the Dallas World Aquarium and in its home-range ( in this case Costa Rica ) at Zoologico Simon Bolivar and La Paz Waterfall Gardens.
Captive-breeding : Didn't found info about captive breeding of the Black-throated toucanet.
Photos in the Gallery : The is a number of photos in the Gallery like this one : Black-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus atrogularis), August 2015 | ZooChat

- Aulacorhynchus lautus - Santa Marta toucanet
Captive status : No information avaible to me.
Breeding-results : None known to me.
Photos in the Gallery : There are no photos of this species in our Gallery.

- Aulacorhynchus albivitta - White-throated toucanet
Captive status : I've no information about captive keeping of this species.
Breeding-results : Also ( of course ) no information.
Photos in the Gallery : There are no photos of this species in our Gallery.

Resumee: With this thread I hope to reach that more ZooChatters will start to pay some more attention to this intresting group of birds and that we can get a better overview of which species are kept ( and bred ) at which places and that for the species which are still not represented in our Gallery, somebody can soon fill the gaps here.
 
vogelcommando said:
Ramphastos discolorus - Red-breasted toucan ( aka Green-billed toucan )
Captive status : At the moment this species is not kept at all in Europe but in the past several collections have kept ( and bred ) it. Don't know if its kept at the privat sector in Europe. Also from other regios I'm not aware of it being kept.
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Currently kept by the Dallas World Aquarium, and is also exhibited there. I’m not sure if they have bred the species, but it is likely that they have.
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Ramphastos vitellinus - Channel-billed toucan
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Several species which formerly were considered subspecies of this one are kept in the US currently. DWA has Ariel toucans, Emerald Forest Bird Gardens (which is the collection of Jerry Jennings) has yellow-ridged toucan, and a few scattered collections have normal channel-billed.
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Pteroglossus bailloni - Saffron toucanet
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vogelcommando said:
Notes : I guess the species is represented in US-collections and would like to learn more about this.
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Kept by EFBG and DWA both, and bred by the latter.
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Pteroglossus inscriptus - Lettered aracari
Captive status : The species is at the moment not kept in any public collection but at least the subspecies P. i. humboldti is kept at a privat breeding center in the Netherlands.
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P. humboldti is kept by DWA, EFBG, and the Prospect Park Zoo.
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Pteroglossus aracari - Collared aracari
Captive status : At the moment the species is only kept at one European public collection, Zooekzotarium, Tula. Both nominate P. t. torquatus and subspecies P. t. nuchalis are kept at at least one privat collection.
Breeding results : For Europe I didn't find any information about captive breeding but the Dallas World Aquarium bred it between 2001 and 2004. One clutch after the other was laid and the young were hand-raised.
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This is currently kept by DWA and EFBG, and a few other North American collections. The nominate subspecies was imported by Jerry Jennings from Honduras, and has spread around a small amount.
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Pteroglossus frantzii - Fiery-billed aracari
Captive status : None kept at the moment in European public collections and also in the past only very few birds of this species seemed to have been imported - I only found a note that Vogelpark Walsrode kept it in the past.
In the USA the species is kept at least at the Dallas World Aquarium.
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It is also kept by EFBG.
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Pteroglossus erythropygius - Pale-mandibled aracari
Captive status : In Europe kept only at one Zoo ( Zoo Berlin ) but I know it is kept at several privat collections.
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In America, it is kept at DWA and the Milwaukee County Zoo.
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Pteroglossus azara - Ivory-billed aracari
Captive status : Kept at only one public collection in Europe ( Aquarium Universeum Goteborg ) but also kept by privat bird-keepers.
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Two subspecies are present in the US: nominate and flavirostris. The world’s first breeding of the latter took place at DWA in 2005.
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Pteroglossus beauharnaesii - Curl-crested aracari
Captive status : Kept at 6 public collections in Europe and also in the privat sector the species is kept by several collections. I'm quite sure it is also in some numbers in the USA.
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There are at least 15 zoos with this species in the US, so it has certainly been established well.
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Pteroglossus aracari - Black-necked aracari
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Not common in the US, with only 3 holders. DWA’s birds are of subspecies atricollis.
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Pteroglossus castanotis - Chestnut-eared aracari
Captive status : At the moment only kept at one public collection in Europe ( Walsrode ) but I'm aware of several privat collections keeping it.
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EFBG and DWA both have the nominate subspecies.
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Pteroglossus pluricinctus - Many-banded aracari
Captive status : Not kept at all in public collections in Europe at the moment and also historicly the species was very rare with only one collection keeping it in the past ( Cologne Zoo ). It is however kept at the moment at at least one breeding center in the Netherlands.
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First bred at DWA (the only current American holder) in 2009. I suspect this is a world first breeding but I’m not sure.
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Andigena laminirostris - Plate-billed mountain toucan
Captive status : 2 European public collections are keeping this species at the moment but historicly the most commonly kept species of the mountain toucans. Zootierlist mentions no less then 24 collections which have kept it in the past. The species is also still kept in privat collections in Europe and photos in the Gallery suggest that the species is also still kept at American collections.
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Three holders currently in the USA.
vogelcommando said:
Selenidera piperivora - Guyanan toucanet
Captive status : With 6 European public collections keeping it, this is the most commonly kept species of this genus.
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Only three American holders, and not in great numbers.
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Selenidera reinwardtii - Golden-collared toucanet
Captive status : Found only one note on captive-keeping of this species. In 1903 the Berlin Zoo recieved a pair of the subspecies S. r. langsdorffii.
Breeding-results : No information about the species ever being bred in captivity.
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The only captive individuals of this species, anywhere, that I’m aware of are at EFBG. I don’t believe they’ve bred yet but it will happen soon.
vogelcommando said:
Selenidera maculirostris - Spot-billed toucanet
Captive status : Has been kept at 13 European public collections but at the moment not a single zoo keeps them anymore. In privat collections it however is still kept.
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Kept at EFBG and DWA.
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Aulacorhynchus coeruleicintis - Blue-banded toucanet
Captive status : In European collections this species seems to be never been kept ( Zootierliste ) but in the USA the Dallas World Aquarium is keeping this species.
Breeding-results : Here on Zoochat I found a note that the Dallas World Aquarium had the world-first-breeding with this species but I don't have any furter information about that event ( year and number bred - maybe another ZooChatter ? ).
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This breeding occurred in 2008.
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Aulacorhynchus haematopygus - Crimson-rumped toucanet
Captive status : At the moment the most commonly kept species of this genus in Europe and being kept at ... 3 public collections ( ! ) : Walsrode, Villars les Dombes and Goteborg. In the past it was however a little more common. In Europe I know also a number of privat collections keeping and breeding this species and in the USA at least the Dallas World Aquarium and the Bronx Zoo are keeping the species.
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4 US holders at present.
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Aulacorhynchus derbianus - Derby's toucanet
Captive status : To my knowledge not kept in captivity.
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One male is currently kept by EFBG.

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Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis - Blue-throated toucanet
Captive status : At the moment not to be found in any public collection in Europe and formely only kept at the London Zoo. I know however that it is being kept at at least one privat breeding station in the Netherlands. In the USA it is at least kept at the Dallas World Aquarium.
Breeding-results : The Dallas World Aquarium should have had the world-first-breeding with this species but I don't have any furter information about this result.
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This breeding occurred in 2008.
vogelcommando said:
Aulacorhynchus prasinus - Emerald toucanet
Captive status : Not kept anymore in public collections in Europe but in the past kept at at least 14 collections. Privatly there are however still some animals kept in Europe. In the USA I know it is kept at the Dallas World Aquarium.
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Actually not kept by DWA, but one is kept by Moody Gardens.
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Aulacorhynchus atrogularis - Black-throated toucanet
Captive status : In Europe at the moment only at one public collection - Walsrode but also at at least one privat breeding station. In the Americas it is being kept at the Dallas World Aquarium and in its home-range ( in this case Costa Rica ) at Zoologico Simon Bolivar and La Paz Waterfall Gardens.
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The subspecies kept by DWA is dimidiatus.
vogelcommando said:
Aulacorhynchus albivitta - White-throated toucanet
Captive status : I've no information about captive keeping of this species.
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EFBG has some of these.

@Vision and I are preparing a thread on toucans in captivity too, similar to his other threads, so I’m sure you’ll be interested to see that when we post it!
 
Thank you very much for all this information jayids2 ! Very usefull and it would be intresting to see pictures of some of the species which are kept in the USA but which still are not represented in the Gallery.
 
vogelcommando said:
- Rhamphastos sulfuratus - Keel-billed toucan
Captive status : Kept at a number of European collections ( 16 ) but I don't know how the situation in other regions is. I do know however that at least the Los Angeles Zoo has kept it.
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This species is kept at the Minnesota Zoo.
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- Pteroglossus castanotis - Chestnut-eared aracari
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This species is kept at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
 
Dallas World Aquarium bred Plate-billed mountain-toucans :

The Mountain Toucan
director | April 17, 2012
The Plate-billed mountain toucan (Andigena laminirostris) is a species found in the moist, montane forest on the west Andean slopes, in northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia. These active, noisy birds have striking shades of blues, reds, browns, greens, yellows and other bright colors. Although the Toco may have the most recognizable and longest bill of all toucans, the four-inch bill of the Plate-billed is impressive and more colorful. On the upper mandible, a raised yellowish-buff, rectangular-shaped “plate” highlights the black and burgundy colors of the bill.

Here at the DWA, we have been really successful in breeding these incredible birds for the past two years. Toucans lay two to three eggs and the babies are cared for by the parents for 46 to 60 days. Both male and female share the responsibility of sitting on the eggs and feeding the babies, once they hatch. Toucans mainly eat fruits, but when caring for the young, they feed all kinds of small insects and worms to their babies.

Some of the parents do a really good job with the babies, but for others, we have to provide a little help. Last year, we had seven babies successfully raised by the nursery staff. For 2012, we already have four babies, one raised by us and three raised by their parents, and we are hopeful that our pairs keep breeding.

Being a restricted-range species, the Mountain toucan is being threatened by the loss of habitat, especially due to human activity. We are really proud of our Breeding Program and will keep helping the conservation of this and many other species.

Found also a note on the breeding of the Blue-banded toucanet at Dallas World Aquarium :

Blue-Banded Toucanets
director | June 23, 2013
One of the seven species of green toucanets of the genus Aulacorhynchus, the Blue-banded toucanet, (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) can be found in the subtropical and tropical moist forests of the east slopes of the Andes, from central and south Peru into Bolivia. They are a relatively small toucan species, with colorful, mainly green, plumage, white throat and a somewhat difficult to see blue band across the breast. They are typically seen in pairs or small groups, foraging in the top of the trees. Like other toucanets, they nest in tree cavities.

Here at the DWA we try to provide an environment for our birds that resembles, as close as possible, what they would find in nature. Our setup proves to be really effective for all the toucans participating in our Breeding Program, and they just love to spend time working on the nest logs that we provide for them. Once again, the breeding season started as a great success and we are especially happy when other species start to breed. We were glad to find the first clutch of eggs for our Blue-banded toucanet pairs in their nest cavities – another world-first breeding of a species. And it didn’t stop there! They have produced four clutches this year.

The first-time parents have a little help with their babies due to their inexperience, and the Nursery Staff couldn’t be happier to be able to work with this wonderful species. The babies are really cute and show themselves to be very gentle with the keepers and between each other.

Our Blue-banded toucanets are currently being kept in our Breeding Aviaries, but our babies are now getting ready to be displayed in one of our exhibits. Come check them out during the summer!
 
vogelcommando said:
Another thread about a complete bird-family - this time a very well-known one. Even that it's well-known, it has recieved little attention sofar on ZooChat and I hope this will change with this thread.
Goal is to find-out where and how many are kept ( and bred ) in the world zoos, to publish breeding-results and other toucan-related information and to look if we already have photos of the different species in our own ZooChat Gallery.
The taxonomy of this family is seen different by several scientists and I used the "CiF Checklist" which recognize 6 genera and 44 species :
  • Toco Toucan, Ramphastos toco
  • White-throated Toucan, Ramphastos tucanus
  • Yellow-throated Toucan, Ramphastos ambiguus
  • Keel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus
  • Red-breasted Toucan / Green-billed Toucan, Ramphastos dicolorus
  • Choco Toucan, Ramphastos brevis
  • Channel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus
  • Saffron Toucanet, Pteroglossus bailloni
  • Green Aracari, Pteroglossus viridis
  • Lettered Aracari, Pteroglossus inscriptus
  • Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus
  • Fiery-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus frantzii
  • Stripe-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus sanguineus
  • Pale-mandibled Aracari, Pteroglossus erythropygius
  • Ivory-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus azara
  • Red-necked Aracari, Pteroglossus bitorquatus
  • Curl-crested Aracari, Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
  • Black-necked Aracari, Pteroglossus aracari
  • Chestnut-eared Aracari, Pteroglossus castanotis
  • Many-banded Aracari, Pteroglossus pluricinctus
  • Yellow-eared Toucanet, "Selenidera" spectabilis
  • Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Andigena laminirostris
  • Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Andigena nigrirostris
  • Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Andigena hypoglauca
  • Hooded Mountain-Toucan, Andigena cucullata
  • Guianan Toucanet, Selenidera piperivora
  • Tawny-tufted Toucanet, Selenidera nattereri
  • Golden-collared Toucanet, Selenidera reinwardtii
  • Gould's Toucanet, Selenidera gouldii
  • Spot-billed Toucanet, Selenidera maculirostris
  • Yellow-browed Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus huallagae
  • Blue-banded Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
  • Whitely's Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus whitelianus
  • Groove-billed Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus sulcatus
  • Derby's Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus derbianus
  • Violet-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus cognatus
  • Blue-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis
  • Emerald Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus prasinus
  • Wagler's Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus wagleri
  • Gray-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus griseigularis
  • Black-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus atrogularis
  • Santa Marta Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus lautus
  • White-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus albivitta
Because of the size of the family I will deal with it in parts to begin with the most well-known members of the family, the larger toucans of the genus Ramphastos :

- Ramphastos toco - Toco toucan
Captive status : The most commonly kept and best-known member of the toucans. Alone in Europe 55 zoos are keeping animals of none subspecific status and several of these zoos do have ( or had ) breeding-results with the species esp. Rotterdam Zoo has bred them in good numbers ! Also in the privat sector the species is kept and bred in some numbers.
With the pure subspecies the picture looks very different:
Subspecies R. t. toco : in Europe kept at the moment at only 1 collection ( Villars les Dombes ).
Subspecies R. t. albogularis : in Europe also kept only at one collection ( Santillana del Mar )
Breeding results : As said the species is bred in a number of zoos ( for example Walsrode, Wuppertal, Aalborg, Paignton, London, Farnham and Rotterdam ).
A breeding-report can be found here : Breeding Toco Toucans | Seibels | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There are loads of pictures of this species to be found in the Gallery like this one taken at Rotterdam Zoo : Toco toucan | ZooChat
Notes : would be very intresting to know more about the captive status of this species in other regions then Europe.

- Ramphastos tucanus - White-throated toucan ( aka Red-billed toucan )
Captive status : After the Toco toucan this is the second most-commonly kept species in Europe, at least birds of none subspecific status ( 37 zoos keeping it in Europe ).Also in the privat sector this species is kept and bred in some numbers.
Subspecies R. t. tucanus : kept at 6 zoos
Subspecies R. t. cuvieri : not kept anymore in Europe
Subspecies R. t. inca : at the moment only one collection keeping it ( Zoo Antwerp )
Breeding results : In Europe the species has been bred at at least 2 collections ( London Zoo 2005 - 2009 and Butterflypark Empuriabrava - Spain ).
1986 Paignton Zoo had a breeding-result with the subspecies R. t. cuvieri.
A breeding-report can be found here : A Possible First Breeding of the Red Billed Toucan | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery:A number of pictures can be found in the Gallery like this one : Red-billed toucan at Shanghai zoo 2014-4-3 | ZooChat. A photo of the subspecies R. t. inca can be found here : red-billed tucan | ZooChat.
Notes : Same as for the Toco toucan.

- Ramphastos ambiguus - Yellow-throated toucan ( aka Black-mandibled toucan )
Captive status : A rare species in European collection with only the subspecies R. a. swainsoni represented in 4 collections.
Breeding results : Found only one breeding-result for European collections : in 2000 Bioparc Fuengirola bred it.
A breeding-report from the USA can be found here : First Breeding of the Swainson's (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : Relative few photos of this species - and the subspecies R. a. swainsoni - are in the Gallery but this is one of them : Swainson's toucan at Amazon World, 5 April 2010 | ZooChat

- Rhamphastos sulfuratus - Keel-billed toucan
Captive status : Kept at a number of European collections ( 16 ) but I don't know how the situation in other regions is. I do know however that at least the Los Angeles Zoo has kept it.
Breeding results : A pair of none subspecific animals bred succesfully at Papiliorama - Kerzers and at Rotterdam Zoo a pair of the nominate form bred succesfully in 2004 and 2005.
Photos in the Gallery : There is a good number of photos in the Gallery both from captive and wild birds like this one : Keel-billed toucan | ZooChat.

- Ramphastos discolorus - Red-breasted toucan ( aka Green-billed toucan )
Captive status : At the moment this species is not kept at all in Europe but in the past several collections have kept ( and bred ) it. Don't know if its kept at the privat sector in Europe. Also from other regios I'm not aware of it being kept.
Breeding results : The species has bred succesfully several times in the past in Europe ( Walsrode 1967 and 1971, Rotterdam Zoo 1979 ) and also in the USA it has been bred several times succesfully as can be seen in these breeding reports:
Red~breasted toucans flourish in Phoenix | Buhl | AFA Watchbird
Too Many Toucans (red breasted) | Iwinski | AFA Watchbird
Breeding Red-breasted Toucans | Phoenix | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There are several photos in the Gallery like this one : Orinoco Rainforest - Toucan Heights Exhibit - Red-breasted Toucan | ZooChat.
Notes : This was the first Toucan-species which was bred succesfully in captivity. In 1965 some chicks hatched at Walsrode but these were not raised. 2 years later the pair was more succesfully and raised 4 chicks and photos of this raising have been published in many publications. 1971 another chick was raised at Walsrode.

- Ramphastos brevis - Choco toucan
Captive status : At the moment this species is not kept in European public collections and I don't know if it is kept in privat collections.
Breeding results : In the USA the species has been bred at least one time, see :
First Breeding of the Choco Toucan | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : This is the only species of the Ramphastos-genus for which I didn't found pictures in our Gallery.

- Ramphastos vitellinus - Channel-billed toucan
Captive status : Kept at a good number of European collections. None-subspecific specimens are kept at 26 collections and the subspecies R. v. vitellinus at 5 collections.
Both the subspecies R. v. ariel and R. v. citreolaemus are not kept anymore in Europe.
Breeding results : None-subspecifics have been bred at Antwerp Zoo in 1997 and the nominate-form has been bred at Perm during 2010 and at Walsrode in 2014.
Breeding-report from the USA can be found here :
First Captive Breeding of the Ariel Toucan | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
A possible first captive breeding of the Channel Bill Toucan | Robertshaw | AFA Watchbird
Photos in the Gallery : There is a good number of photos in the Gallery, like this one made at Duisburg Zoo : Channel-billed toucan | ZooChat

To be continued...
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Channel-billed Toucans also bred at Leeds Castle Aviaries, now closed.
 
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