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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan

Ramphastos swainsonii

Photo by Carolina
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This species is primarily an arboreal fruit-eater, but will also take insects, lizards, small birds and frogs. Flocks will follow Keel-billed Toucans to exploit their sources of food.

Habitat:

It range is from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia to western Ecuador.

Notes:

This Toucan was photographed at the Barranquilla zoo.

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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan

Species ID Suggestions

Chestnut-mandibled toucan

Ramphastos swainsonii

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Comments (29)
Smith Zoo
One can never see too many pictures of this exotic bird! Always special!
Carolina
Matimar1, it wasn't a baby :) - and probably, Ashish!
Ashish
Third picture is telling this bird behavior.... Its look to curiosity for finding in darkness...
Liam
Hehe. What a comical bird! Great spotting, Carolina! :)
Atul
Fantastic!!!!
Ashish
It remind me flag of a Caribbean Island Jamaica...very special...Cool..!!
Carolina
Me too Jonathan! But the pinky ones the new born.
Darvesh
The second one is really beautiful !!
rivu.ghorai
beautiful picture... the story makes it even more meaningful....
Isla
So beautiful! He sounds like a real character!
Carolina
Thank you, I made a really good friendship with this toucan, at first I thought he was aggressive, but then I realized he just wanted to check out the camera or something haha, and after taking the pictures he just started following me around pinching me. He was victim of the illegal pet trade and I thought he would be more like spiteful, but nope he was actually very friendly.
animaisfotos
The second Photo goes beyond imagination. Perfect Portrait. Thanks for sharing.
Carolina
It's ok :) As far as I know you suggest an ID when there is an "unknown spotting" or you think the ID gave it is wrong. And if you want to share a link you can post it on the comment box.
csparr
I'm trying to figure out how Project Noah works -- wonder if it is helpful to confirm IDs (we'd like to suggest that they send some of their best photos over to http://www.eol.org)
Carolina
Csparr, I already had the ID for this toucan, but thanks for the link anyways.
peter
Way cool! Thanks for sharing.

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