Toco toucan, Ramphastos toco

Toco toucan, Ramphastos toco, and another species (Pica Bresselica). Based on a beak and description provided by the Piedmontese Giovanni Ferrerio (top) and another image based on descriptions by Andreas Thevetus and Ambroise Pare (bottom). Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Lucas Schan and Conrad Gessner from Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium, De avium natura, (Natural history of animals: birds), Frankfurt, Wechel for Cambier, 1585

16th Century Beak Cambier Conrad Gesner Conrad Gessner De Avium Natura Description Historiae Animalium Lucas Schan Lukas Schan Natural History Natural History Of Animals Ornithological Art Piedmontese Wechel Woodblock Xylograph

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