Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco

The Toco Toucan is the one of the most recognizable tropical birds in the Americas.  The only non-forest toucan, the Toco Toucan is found along forest edges and in low wet grassland from Guyana south to Argentina, and from central Brazil west to southeastern Peru. Toco Toucans are the largest species of toucan and can be identified by their black body, white bib, red undertail coverts and large red-orange bill. Toco Toucans feed extensively on figs and other fruit, and also occasionally prey on insects and nestling birds.  When foraging, these birds travel in small groups in the canopy, gliding in single file from site to site.