Selenidera maculirostris
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The spot-billed toucanet (Selenidera maculirostris) is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The spot-billed toucanet was originally described in the genus Pteroglossus. It has at times been considered conspecific with Gould's toucanet (S. gouldii) and the two are sister species. It is monotypic.
The spot-billed toucanet is 33 to 37 cm (13 to 15 in) long and weighs 137 to 193 g (4.8 to 6.8 oz). Males and females have the same bill pattern but the female's bill is shorter. The bill has a thin vertical black line at its base. The bill is mostly ivory at the base to greenish-yellow at the tip. The middle of the culmen is black, the maxilla has three to five vertical black stripes, and the mandible has a black patch near the end. Both sexes have bare green-yellow to blue skin around the eye and a golden-yellow tuft of feathers behind it; both are paler in the female. Adult males have a black head, nape, chin, throat, and belly. Their upperparts are green with a yellow band on the lower neck. Their tail is green with chestnut tips on the central three pairs of feathers. Their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Zoobotanic Park of Brusque | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-billed Toucanet sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 276 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 167th most-seen of the 343 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, July and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-billed Toucanet in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–June, August and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-billed Toucanet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Spot-billed Toucanet sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Ramphastidae
The closest relatives of the Spot-billed Toucanet that you can see in Iguazú National Park (family Ramphastidae, Toucans) are Toco Toucan (about 50%), Chestnut-eared Aracari (about 40%) and Red-breasted Toucan (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-billed Toucanet is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguazú National Park (276 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.
