Belongs within: Piciformes.
Contains: Pteroglossus.
The Ramphastidae include the toucans, Neotropical frugivorous birds with distinctive large, canoe-shaped bills. Many authors also include the pantropical barbets in this family. The larger toucans are included in the genus Ramphastos, species of which have black wings, tails and thighs.
<==Ramphastidae [Ramphastoidea] | i. s.: ‘Bucco’ corvinusW66 | ‘Bucco’ faiostriatusW66 | Baillonius bailloniM04, MMJ03 | AulacoramphusG66 | |--A. atrigularisG66 | |--A. caeruleigularisG66 | `--A. cyanolaemus Gould 1866G66 | Capitonides Ballmann 1969JM14, M02 | `--*C. europeus Ballmann 1969 [=Trachyphonus europeus]M02 |--Ramphastos Linnaeus 1758BKB15, B94 | | i. s.: R. aracari Linnaeus 1758L58 | | R. picatus Linnaeus 1758L58 | | R. piperivorus Linnaeus 1758L58 | | R. piscivorusS18 | | |--R. p. piscivorusS18 | | `--R. p. brevicarinatusS18 | |--R. toco Müller 1846BKB15, U93 | `--+--+--+--R. ambiguusBKB15 | | | `--R. swainsoniiBKB15 | | `--+--R. cuvieriBKB15 | | `--R. tucanus Linnaeus 1758BKB15, L58 | `--+--+--R. dicolurus Linnaeus 1758BKB15, U93 | | `--R. sulfuratusBKB15 | | |--R. s. sulfuratusE52 | | `--R. s. brevicarinatusE52 | `--+--R. brevisBKB15 | `--+--R. arielBKB15 | `--+--R. citreolaemus Gould 1843BKB15, G43 | `--+--R. culminatusBKB15 | `--R. vitellinusBKB15 `--+--PteroglossusBKB15 `--+--AulacorhynchusBKB15 | | i. s.: A. huallagaeJT12 | |--+--A. atrogularisBKB15 | | `--+--A. caeruleogularisBKB15 | | `--A. prasinusBKB15 | | |--A. p. prasinusFS55 | | `--A. p. stenorhabdusFS55 | `--+--A. coeruleicinctisBKB15 | `--+--A. haematopygusBKB15 | `--+--A. derbianusBKB15 | `--A. sulcatusBKB15 `--SelenideraBKB15 | i. s.: S. langsdorfiSS66 | S. nattereriJT12 |--S. culikBKB15 |--S. piperivoraJT12 `--+--+--S. reinwardtiiBKB15 | `--+--S. gouldiiBKB15 | `--S. maculirostrisBKB15 `--+--S. spectabilisBKB15 `--AndigenaBKB15 | i. s.: A. nigrirostrisJT12 |--A. laminirostrisBKB15 `--+--A. cucullataBKB15 `--A. hypoglaucaBKB15
*Type species of generic name indicated
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