One of the 4 toucans on WAnimals
Birds · Piciformes · Ramphastidae
Red-breasted Toucan
Ramphastos dicolorus
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The red-breasted toucan is a medium-sized toucan of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and neighbouring parts of Argentina and Paraguay, with a yellow throat, a red band across the breast and a yellowish-green bill with a red tip. It feeds on fruit, which it swallows whole and whose seeds it disperses, and it also raids other birds' nests. It is one of the few toucans to have withstood the fragmentation of the Atlantic Forest well.
Weight
300 g – 430 g
Size
40 cm – 48 cm
Life expectancy
20 years
