Ornith. (Native name in Guiana; also in F. le toco (Buffon, Ols., VII. 185).] The typical species of TOUCAN, Rhamphastos toco, a native of Guiana.
1781. Latham, Synopsis, I. 325. The Toco. The length of this bird is nine or ten inches from the head to the end of the tail…. Inhabits Cayenne. Ibid., 323. Genus VI. Toucan. No. 1. The Toco.
1902. P. Fountain, Gt. Mts. & Forests S. Amer., vi. 159. The native name of these birds is toco.
