• 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.