- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Piciformes
- Family: Ramphastidae
- Genus: Pteroglossus
- Species: Pteroglossus viridis
- Smallest of the Toucans.
- Sexually Dimorphic, which means that males and females have a slightly different appearance. Males have a black head and neck, while the head and neck of the females is brown.
- Typically lay 2-4 eggs in a tree cavity.