Red-breasted Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Other Names (World)
Red-breasted Toucan, Green-billed Toucan, Keel-billed Toucan(!)

Family
Ramphastidae (Toucans)

Size
50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Linnaeus, 1766

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 100 - 1,500 m, occasionally up to 2,070 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.

SC, central-eastern and south-eastern Brazil (southern Tocantins, central Minas Gerais and western Esp��rito Santo to north-central Rio Grande do Sul) to eastern Paraguay and northern Argentina (eastern Chaco, Corrientes).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Green-billed Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) [XC422948]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from S\u00e3o Miguel Arcanjo, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song, couple song)

Green-billed Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) [XC725219]
by Daniel Hinckley from S\u00e3o Bento do Sul, Estrada do tropeiro, Santa Catarina, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No very close relatives. One of the so-called "croaking group" of Ramphastos species, along with Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), Choco Toucan (Ramphastos brevis), Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) and Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco). Possibly closest to Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus). Has hybridized with Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-breasted Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) - 10 files

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