Toucan
Toucans are members of the family Ramphastidae of near passerine birds from the Neotropics. The Ramphastidae family is most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and about forty different species. The name of this bird group is derived from the Tupi word tukana, via Portuguese. The family includes toucans, aracaris and toucanets; more distant relatives include various families of barbets and woodpeckers in the suborder Pici.
Morphology
Toucans range in size from the lettered aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus), at 130 g (4.6 oz) and 29 cm (11.5 inches), to the toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), at 680 g (1.5 lb) and 63 cm (29 inches). Their bodies are short (of comparable size to a crow's) and compact. The tail is rounded and varies in length, from half the length to the whole length of the body. The neck is short and thick. The wings are small, as they are forest-dwelling birds who only need to travel short distances, and are often of about the same span as the bill-tip-to-tail-tip measurements of the bird.
Toucan (disambiguation)
A Toucan is a brightly marked tropical bird with a colorful bill.
Toucan may also refer to:
See also
HPA Toucan
The HPA Toucan is a British two-seat man-powered aircraft built and flown by members of Hertfordshire Pedal Aeronauts and was the first two-man man-powered aircraft to fly.
Development
The Hertfordshire Pedal Aeronauts was formed in 1965, mainly from the staff of Handley Page Limited, to design and build a man-powered aircraft and to compete for the Kremer Prize. Partly funded by a grant from the Royal Aeronautical Society construction began in 1967 and was completed in 1972. Following taxying trials the Toucan was first flown at Radlett Aerodrome on 16 June 1972 when three flights were completed. Flown by Bryan Bowen with Derek May as crewman the longest flight was 204 ft (62 m), the Toucan flew again on 3 July 1972 for 2,100 ft (640m) and achieved a height of 15 to 20 ft (4.5 to 6 m).
Design
The Toucan is a mid-wing cantilever monoplane with the fuselage a braced structure of spruce and balsa and covered with Melinex. The wing spars had spruce booms and plywood edges and the ribs were made from balsa and like the fuselage it was covered with Melenix. The landing gear was a non-retractable the main wheel and tailwheel in tandem, it also had small outrigger under the wings. The two crew sit in tandem under a transparent removable cover, the power is generated by the two crew using bicycle pedals which were connected by chains to drive the main wheel and via a shaft a two-bladed balsa pusher propeller mounted at the rear of the tail unit.
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ALBUMS
- Swim Team # 2 released: 2001
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Superclub Ibiza
- Raise Your Weapon (Madeon remix)
- Save the World
- Heart is King
- Time (Kamuki house remix)
- The Look (Fred Falke remix)
- Joshua (Tom Staar remix)
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- Prutataaa
- Diamonds in the Sky
- Duel
- Call Your Girlfriend (Sultan & Ned remix)
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- Neon
- The Moment (Steve Angello edit)
- Turbulence (Riley & Durrant remix)
- Lise
- Rock n’ Roll (Will take You to the Mountain)
- Open Your Eyes
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It gives you blindness
When you are the one
The one that's hurting
'Cause they got the gun
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Most of my soul
But I will come back baby
Stronger than before
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I felt desire
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Am I to blame
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