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Aazpa Librarians Special Interest Group Bibliography Service AAZPA LIBRARIANS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY SERVICE The bibliography is provided as a service of the AAZPA LIBRARIANS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP and THE CONSORTIUM OF AQUARIUMS, UNIVERSITIES AND ZOOS. TITLE: Toucan Bibliography AUTHOR & INSTITUTION: Mary Healy Discovery Island, Buena Vista, Florida DATE: 1990 Austin, O.A. 1961. Birds of the World. Racine, WI:Western Publishing Co., Inc. Berry, R.J. and B. Coffey. 1976. Breeding the sulphur-breasted toucan, Ramphastos s. sulfuratus at Houston Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook, 16:108-110. Bourne, G.R. 1974. The red-billed toucan in Guyana. Living Bird, 13: 99-126. Brehm, W.W. 1969. Breeding the green-billed toucan, Ramphastos dicolorus at the Walsrode Bird Park. International Zoo Yearbook, 9:134-135. Buhl, K. 1982. Red-breasted toucans flourish in Phoenix. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 9(3):27-28. Campbell, B. 1974. Dictionary of Birds. New York:Exeter Books. Coates-Estrada, R. and A. Estrada. 1986. Fruiting and frugivores at a strangler fig in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2(4):349-358. Cracraft, J. and R.O. Prum. 1988. Patterns and processes of diversification speciation and historical congruence in neotropical birds. Evolution, 42(3):603-620. Dewald, D.D. 1988. Channel-billed toucans. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 15(1): 36-37. Dhillon, A.S. and D.M. Schaberg. 1984. Pseudotuberculosis in toucans. 73rd Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, Inc. Poultry Science, 63(suppl.1):90. Flesness, N. 1984. ISIS Avian Taxonomy Directory, 2nd ed. Apple Valley, MN:ISIS. Giddings, R.F. 1988. Treatment of flukes in a toucan. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 193:1555-1556. Haffer, J. 1974. Avian Speciation in Tropical South America. Cambridge: Nuttall Ornithological Club. Harrison, C.J.O., consultant editor. 1978. Bird Families of the World. New York:Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Howe, H.F. 1981. Dispersal of a neotropical nutmeg, Virola sebifera, by birds. Auk, 98(1):88-98. ------ and G.A.V. Kerckove. 1981. Removal of wild nutmeg, Virola surinamensis, crops by birds. Ecology, 62(4):1093-1106. ------, E.W. Schupp, and L. C. Westley. 1985. Early consequences of seed dispersal for a neotropical tree Virola surinamensis. Ecology, 66(3):781-791. Iwinski, D. and B. Iwinski. 1983. Too many toucans. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 10(6)18-20. Jennings, J. 1982. First and second breeding of the green aracari. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 9(6):29-30. ------. 1984. A possible first breeding of the red-billed toucan. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 11(6):32-33. ------. 1985. The first captive breeding of the spot-billed toucanet. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 12(3):36-38. ------. 1986. Ramphastids in the rain forest. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 13(4):26-29. ------. 1989. Spot-billed toucanets: A multigenerational breeding success. The A.F.A. Watchbird, CITES issue:23-31. ------. 1990. First captive breeding of the collared aracari. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 17(2):4-7. Lanyon, S.M. and R.M. Zink. 1987. Genetic variation in piciform birds, monophly and generic and familial relationships. Auk, 104(4):724-732. Lill, A. 1970. Identification of the channel-billed toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus, in Trinidad, West Indies. Condor, 72:235-236. Longo, J. 1988. Some observations of the toco toucan. The Zooculturist, Spring:12-13. Manwell, R.D. and G.J. Sessler. 1971. Malarial parasites of toucans. Journal of Protozoology, 18:570-574. Mindell, D.P. and H.L. Black. 1984. Combined effort hunting by a pair of chestnut-mandibled toucans, Ramphastos swainsonii. Wilson Bulletin, 96(2):319-321. Nichols, D. and R.J. Montali. 1985. Atherosclerosis in zoo birds. 74th Annual meeting of the International Academy of Pathology (United States-Canadian Division), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Laboratory 2 Investigation, 52(1):48A-49A. Oniki, Y. and E.O. Willis. 1983. Breeding birds of the Belem Area Brazil. 3. Trogonidae to Furnariidae. Ciencia e Cultura (Sao Paulo), 35(9):1320-1324. Panigrahy, B., J.J. Mathewsonn, C.F. Hall, and L.C. Grumbles. 1981. Unusual disease conditions in pet and aviary birds. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 178(4):394-395. Prum, R.O. 1988. Phylogenetic interrelationships of the barbets (Aves, Capitonidae) and toucans (Aves, Ramphastidae) based on morphology with comparisons to DNA-DNA hybridization. Zoological Journal Linnean Society, 92(4):313-344. Riley, C.M. and K.G. Smith. 1986. Flower eating by emerald toucanets, Aulacorhynchus prasinus, in Costa Rica. Condor, 88(3):396-397. ------. 1986. Observations on the breeding biology of emerald toucanets in Costa Rica. Wilson Bulletin, 98(4):585-588. Robertshaw, J.D. 1987. A possible first breeding of the channel-bill toucan. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 14(5):8-10. Rundel, R. 1976. Model breeding environments for toucans Ramphastidae at the Los Angeles Zoo. Internationl Zoo Yearbook, 16:106-108. Rutgers, A. and K.A. Noris, eds. 1977. Encyclopedia of Aviculture, Vol.3. Dorset, England:Blandford Press, Ltd. Santana, C.E. and B.G. Milligan. 1984. Behavior of toucanets, bellbirds and quetzels feeding on lauraceous fruits. Biiotropica, 16(2):152-154. Seibels, Robert E. 1979. Breeding the toco toucan, Ramphastos toco at the Columbia Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook, 19:147-150. Simpson, S.F. and J. Cracraft. 1981. The phylogenetic relationships of the Piciformes Class Aves. Auk, 98(3):481-494. Skutch, A.F. 1944. Life history of the blue-throated toucanet. Wilson Bulletin, 56:133-151. ------. 1958. Roosting and nesting of Aracari toucans. Condor, 60:201-219. ------. 1971. Life history of the keel-billed toucan. Auk, 88:381-396. ------. 1983. Birds of Tropical America. Austin:University of Texas Press. Spalding, M.G., G.V. Killias, M.B. Calderwood Mays, C.D. Page, and M.G. Brown. 1986. Hepatic 3 encephalopathy associated with hemochromatosis in a Toco To. Journal of the Veterinary Medical Association, 188(9): 1122-1123. Svoboda, F.J. 1988. Toucan tending. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 15(3):36-38. Swierczewski, E.V. and R.J. Raiknow. 1981. Hind limb morphology, phylogeny and classification of the Piciformes. Auk, 98(3):466-480. Takagi, N. and M. Sasaki. 1980. Unexpected karyotypic resemblance between the Burmeister Seriema, Chunga burmeisteri (Gruiformes, Carimidae) and the toucan, Ramphastos toco (Piciformes, Ramphastidae). CIS (Chromosome Information Service), #28:10-11. Thrikhill, L. 1987. Breeding red-breasted toucans: History on the reproduction of wild caught and F1 generation toucans Ramphastos dicolorus. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 14(1):19-24. Todd, F.S., N.B. Gale, and D. Thompson. 1973. Breeding crimson-rumped toucanets Aulacorhynchus haematopygius sexnotatus at Los Angeles Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook, 13:117-120. Upton, S.J., J.V. Ernest, S.L. Clubb, and W.L. Current. 1984. Elmeria forresteri new species Apicomlexa Elmeriidae from Ramphastos toco and a redescription of Isopora graculai from Gracula religiosa. Systematic Parasitology, 6(3):237-240. Van Tyne, J. 1929. The life history of the toucan Ramphastos brevicarinatus. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Miscellaneous Publication, No.19:1-43. ------ and A. Berger. 1971. Fundamentals of Ornithology. New York: Dover Publications. Wagner, H.O. 1944. Notes on th4 life history of the emerald toucanet. Wilson Bulletin, 56:65-76. West, S. 1976. Observations on the yellow-eared toucanet. Auk, 93:381-382. Williams, R.P. 1985. The long bill of the toucan. The A.F.A. Watchbird, 12(1):37-39. Worth, Gail J. 1987. Hand-rearing of Ramphastids. Proceedings of the Jean Delacour/IFCB Symposium, pp.62- 68. 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 This information is provided as a service of The Consortium of Aquariums, Universities and Zoos (C.A.U.Z.) 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