The Guianan Toucanet, or Guyana Toucanet (Selenidera culik) is a species of bird

Bird

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 in the Ramphastidae family. Pacheco & Whitney (2006) suggested the correct scientific name was Selenidera piperivora, but, as shown by Walters (2007), this name is pre-occupied.
It is found in north-western Brazil

Brazil

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, French Guiana

French Guiana

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, Guyana

Guyana

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, Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

, and Venezuela

Venezuela

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.
Its natural habitat

Habitat

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 is tropical humid lowland forest

Forest

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s. It is 25 cm (10 in) long weighs 110-165 grams (3.9-5.8 oz.)

The Guianan Toucanet is sometimes kept in aviculture as a breeder bird or a pet.

Further reading

• John Gould
  John Gould
  John Gould was an English ornithologist and bird artist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection...
  
  )/Henry Constantine Richter
  Henry Constantine Richter
  Henry Constantine Richter was a zoological illustrator.Richter was employed by John Gould to assist with the illustrations of his zoological works after the death of Gould's wife Elizabeth...
  
  : A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans, London 1854
  • reprinted with 51 plates and a preface by Jonathan Elphick
    Jonathan Elphick
    Jonathan Elphick is a natural history author, editor and consultant. He is an eminent ornithologist, a qualified zoologist; Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London...
    
    , Taschen
    Taschen
    Taschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection...
    
    , Köln 2011 ISBN 978-3-8365-0524-6