Skip to content
TR
Toco toucan
Photo: Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0

Rainforest · Bird

Toco toucan

Ramphastos toco

The toucan is famous for its huge, colourful beak. It eats mostly fruit and spreads the seeds around the forest, helping new trees grow.

Where it lives
South America
Diet
OmnivoreEats plants and meat
Weight
500–860 g
Length
60 cm
Lifespan (wild)
15–20 years

In Pawpedia: What is a bird?What is an omnivore?

Yaman scale

Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.

It would take about 3 of them to match Yaman's height (length 60 cm). Length Yaman · 1.5 m Toco toucan · 60 cm
Length3×= 1 Yaman

It would take about 3 of them to match Yaman's height (length 60 cm).

Weight51×= 1 Yaman

It would take about 51 of them to weigh as much as Yaman.

Common questions

Where does the toco toucan live?

South America. In our zoo it lives in the Rainforest zone.

What does the toco toucan eat?

It is a omnivore: it eats plants and meat.

How big does the toco toucan get?

Length: 60 cm. It weighs 500–860 g.

How long does the toco toucan live?

15–20 years in the wild.

Is the toco toucan endangered?

On the IUCN Red List it is listed as least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.

Got another question? Ask Yaman

Did you know?

  • Its beak looks heavy, but it is spongy inside and very light.
  • It uses its beak to control its body temperature, like an air conditioner.
  • When it sleeps, it tucks its beak under the feathers on its back.

How safe is it?

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

Least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.

IUCN Red List

More from the Rainforest zone

Back to Rainforest