Toco Toucan

Ramphastos toco

The Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) is a bird found in Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia. Forest edges, savannas and palm groves in South America. It eats fruit, insects and other small invertebrates and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Ramphastos toco
Region	South America
Found in	Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia

🏡 Where the Toco Toucan lives

Forest edges, savannas and palm groves in South America.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit70%
🐛 Insects & bugs20%
🐭 Mammals & birds10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Its huge beak is light as foam and helps it cool off, like a radiator.

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Recorded by Cid Espínola (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1073033. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Toco Toucan

Where does the Toco Toucan live?

The Toco Toucan lives in Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia. Forest edges, savannas and palm groves in South America.

What does the Toco Toucan eat?

fruit (about 70%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), small mammals and birds (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Toco Toucan endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.