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title: "Toco Toucan"
description: "Ramphastos toco — Birds. The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/toco-toucan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Toco Toucan

> Ramphastos toco — Birds. The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae.

- Scientific name: *Ramphastos toco*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 8785
- Wikidata: [Q376038](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376038)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18793](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18793)

## Names

- en: Toco Toucan
- de: Riesentukan
- es: Tucán toco
- fr: Toucan toco
- nl: Reuzentoekan
- pt: Tucano-toco
- pl: Tukan wielki

## Countries with the most observations

BR (5674), AR (950), BO (270), PY (49), GY (27), GF (17), SR (12), UY (4)

## Summary

The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) 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. It is endemic to South America, where it has a wide distribution from the Guianas south to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and its range has recently been expanding southwards. Unlike other toucans, which inhabit continuous forests, toco toucans inhabit…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toco_toucan

## Photo

![Toco Toucan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/toco-toucan/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143502779

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/toco-toucan?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).