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[[Image:Toco_Toucan2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Pantanal1|Pantanal1}}<br />Pantanal, Mato Grosso, [[Brazil]]]]
 
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[[Image:Toco_Toucan2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Pantanal1<br />Photo taken: Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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55-65cm.  Black body, white throat, chest and uppertail-coverts, and red undertail-coverts, thin blue skin around the eye surrounded by another ring of bare, orange skin. Huge yellow-orange bill, tending to deeper reddish-orange on its lower sections and culmen, and with a black base and large spot on the tip. It looks heavy, but as in other toucans it is relatively light because the inside largely is hollow.
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[[Image:Toco toucan 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|bievreJJ|bievreJJ}}<br />Fazenda Bacury, Sao Paulo, [[Brazil]], September 2017]]
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55-65cm (21¾-25½ in)
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*Black body
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*White throat, chest and uppertail [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Red undertail coverts
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*Blue skin around the eye encircled by bare, orange skin
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*Bill
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**Very large
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**Yellowish-orange (reddish-orange on lower [[Dictionary_M-O#M|mandible]] and culmen)
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**Black base
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**Large black spot on the tip
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Northern and eastern [[Bolivia]], extreme south-eastern [[Peru]], northern [[Argentina]], eastern and central [[Paraguay]], eastern and southern [[Brazil]].  
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[[South America]]: found in [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Argentina]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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Two subspecies are recognized:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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* ''R. t. toco'' - The [[Guianas]] and northeast [[Brazil]]
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* ''R. t. albogularis'' - East and south [[Brazil]] to [[Paraguay]], north [[Bolivia]] and north [[Argentina]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Semi-open habitats such as woodland, savanna, open habitats with scattered trees, plantations, forest-edge and even wooded gardens. It is mainly a species of lowlands, up to 1750 m.
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Semi-open woodland, savanna, and areas with scattered trees, plantations, forest-edge and wooded gardens. It is mainly a species of lowlands, up to 1750 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The diet includes fruit using its bill to pluck from trees, insects, and nestlings and eggs of birds.  
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====Diet====
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The diet includes fruit, insects, and bird eggs and nestlings. However, fruit seems the major source of energy. It seems to prefer lipid rich fruits when available but is able to survive most of the year by eating fruits of figs.  
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The nest is a cavity high in a tree, excavated by the parents. It  also  nests in holes in earth-banks and terrestrial termite-nests. 2-4 eggs are laid and are incubated by both sexes for 17-18 days.  
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====Breeding====
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The nest is a cavity high in a tree, excavated by the parents. It  also  nests in holes in earth-banks and termite-nests. The 2-4 eggs are incubated by both adults for 17-18 days.  
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Ragusa-Netto 2010. Ornitologia Neotropical 21:59-70
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#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{Ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Ramphastos toco" {{!}} "Toco Toucan"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category: Ramphastos]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category: Ramphastos]]

Latest revision as of 20:02, 23 January 2023

Photo © by Pantanal1
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Ramphastos toco

Identification

Photo © by bievreJJ
Fazenda Bacury, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2017

55-65cm (21¾-25½ in)

  • Black body
  • White throat, chest and uppertail coverts
  • Red undertail coverts
  • Blue skin around the eye encircled by bare, orange skin
  • Bill
    • Very large
    • Yellowish-orange (reddish-orange on lower mandible and culmen)
    • Black base
    • Large black spot on the tip

Distribution

South America: found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

Habitat

Semi-open woodland, savanna, and areas with scattered trees, plantations, forest-edge and wooded gardens. It is mainly a species of lowlands, up to 1750 m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit, insects, and bird eggs and nestlings. However, fruit seems the major source of energy. It seems to prefer lipid rich fruits when available but is able to survive most of the year by eating fruits of figs.

Breeding

The nest is a cavity high in a tree, excavated by the parents. It also nests in holes in earth-banks and termite-nests. The 2-4 eggs are incubated by both adults for 17-18 days.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Ragusa-Netto 2010. Ornitologia Neotropical 21:59-70
  3. Avibase
  4. Wikipedia

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External Links

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