The tawny-tufted toucanet (Selenidera nattereri) is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae.

The mandible is mostly brownish red (sometimes greenish horn-colored) with a blue patch near the base, a green tip, and vertical white lines along the mid section.

Both sexes have pale blue bare skin around the eye and a yellow to tawny tuft of feathers behind it.

Females have a chestnut crown to the shoulders, a rusty chin and belly, greenish yellow flanks, and paler facial skin and tuft than males.

[5] The tawny-tufted toucanet's breeding season is thought to be between April and November but might start in March and extend only to May.

[1] "Data [are] urgently needed on its habitat and feeding requirements, as well as on its breeding biology and behaviour.