How to Use toucan in a Sentence

toucan

noun
  • Stop for tea at the outdoor café and listen to the calls of the toucans.
    — Deborah Dunn, Town & Country, 29 Apr. 2016
  • Monkeys live in the trees, and toucans and falcons nest in the garden.
    — Peter Terzian, ELLE Decor, 30 Sep. 2010
  • He was reunited with the first missing toucan late last year.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Choose the flamingo, toucan, swan, or unicorn, then follow the easy recipe.
    — Carly Breit, Country Living, 14 June 2017
  • Tiki had been living in a home where a fellow toucan kept beating her up.
    — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 June 2018
  • Snakes, frogs, and toucans also call the wildlife sanctuary home.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2023
  • The app preview shows pictures of a vegetable and a toucan to color.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • See the toucan, harp, seal and the holiday keg tree made from over 250 kegs.
    — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The series follows the exploits of a toucan and her songbird friend.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Her bedroom is stacked with cages of toucans and other tropical birds.
    — Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter, charlotteobserver, 21 May 2018
  • But the study found very little overlap between their diets and the toucans’.
    — Ryan Brennan april 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
  • That matters because toucans aren’t just pretty birds.
    — Ryan Brennan april 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Birds from both environments, like scarlet macaws, toucans and herons, live here.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 May 2026
  • Delightful colors and patterns of palm trees, flowers, and toucans are just the right amount of tacky.
    — John Clary Davies, Outside Online, 16 Feb. 2020
  • Two threatened native trees — the jussara palm and the bicuíba-branca — were among the toucans’ top food sources.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The zoo recently added toucans, a spider monkey and the popular red pandas.
    — USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
  • Then there's a fennec fox, a skunk, four prairie dogs, a ton of parrots, hornbills, toucans, cockatoos and a bunch of tortoises.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • On your first evening, learn about night photography and Belize’s diverse wildlife, ranging from the jaguar to the toucan.
    — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • That mechanical skill is part of what makes toucans irreplaceable in this ecosystem.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • On a recent morning, the crowns of the wax palms could be seen breaching the cloud line as a host of bird species — toucans, parrots, jays — made for the trees’ red-orange fruits.
    — Jennie Erin Smith, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Then, on a wing and a prayer, the volunteers paired up (toucan do more than one) and fanned out into the neighborhood, not to change minds but to reinforce habits.
    — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • This funny show starring an oversexed toucan and her dear, insecure aviary friend doesn’t provide all the answers or solutions.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas and John Maher, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Macaws, toucans and tanagers are among Colombia's 1,900 avian species, more than any other country.
    — John Otis, NPR, 30 May 2026
  • Carlos Abundez pleaded guilty to smuggling the toucans and is expected to be sentenced in March, court records show.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Her expansive branches and canopy spread across the ceiling, intersecting with flowering vines and toucans.
    — Linze Rice, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Overhead, territorial howler monkeys announced our presence, toucans flashed in and out of the canopy, and the electric hum of cicadas filled the air.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • The videos showed Officer Durr presenting to children with the help of a toucan, a chimpanzee and a boy in a striped T-shirt.
    — Daniel Victor, New York Times, 28 May 2017
  • When not battling tropical toucans, Lively has taken on a variety of acting projects in recent months.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • Two threatened trees in particular — the jussara palm and the bicuíba-branca — showed up frequently in the toucans’ diet.
    — Ryan Brennan april 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Tiki the toucan is a free bird after escaping the Flamingo Gardens wildlife sanctuary.
    — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 June 2018

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