Toco toucan

Ramphastos toco · Ramphastidae

The toco toucan is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is the largest species of toucan and has a distinctive appearance, with a black body, a white throat, chest and uppertail-coverts, and red undertail-coverts. Its most conspicuous feature is its huge beak, which is yellow-orange with a black base and a large spot on the tip.

Where the Toco toucan lives

Recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay (South America).

Most records fall in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Misiones, Goiás and Distrito Federal.

See the Toco toucan’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 104,556 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.