Ramphastos dicolorus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The red-breasted toucan or green-billed toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) is a bird in the family Ramphastidae, the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The red-breasted toucan is sister to the channel-billed toucan (R. vitellinus) and Choco toucan (R. brevis). It is monotypic.
The red-breasted toucan is 42 to 48 cm (17 to 19 in) long and weighs 265 to 400 g (9.3 to 14 oz); it is the smallest member of genus Ramphastos. The sexes are alike though the female's bill is shorter than the male's. Their bill is mostly green to green-yellow, with a vertical black line at its base, red and ivory tomial "teeth", and some green striations on the maxilla. Their crown, nape, upperparts, and tail are black but for red uppertail coverts. Their face is yellow with bare red, blue, and yellow-green skin around the eye. Their throat and breast are yellow with a red area within the lower breast. Their belly and undertail coverts are red and their flanks black.
The red-breasted toucan is found from Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo in south-central, east-central, and southeastern... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Toucan sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 332 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 129th most-seen of the 346 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July–October and December–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Toucan in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-breasted Toucan sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Red-breasted Toucan sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 50%), Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 10%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-breasted Toucan is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguaçu National Park (332 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
