Ramphastos brevis
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In 3 days ~10%
The Choco toucan (Ramphastos brevis) is a near-passerine bird in the family Ramphastidae, the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. The Choco toucan was long treated as a subspecies of the yellow-throated toucan (R. ambiguus) but vocal differences and other characteristics led to their being split. It and the channel-billed toucan (R. vitellinus) are sister species. The Choco toucan is monotypic.
The Choco toucan is 46 to 48.5 cm (18 to 19 in) long and weighs 365 to 482 g (13 to 17 oz). The sexes are alike though the female's bill is shorter than the male's. Their bill's maxilla is mostly yellow with some green on the culmen and a black triangle at its base. Their mandible is black, sometimes with a yellow tip. Their crown and nape are black with a maroon tinge; their upperparts and tail are black except for white uppertail coverts. Bare yellow-green to olive green skin surrounds their eye. Their throat and breast are yellow with a narrow red band below the breast. Their belly is black and their undertail coverts red. The plumage is almost identical to that of the "chestnut-mandibled" subspecies of yellow... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukumarí Biopark | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Cali Zoo | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Wiwa Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chocó Toucan sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 175th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chocó Toucan in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Machalilla National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chocó Toucan 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 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Chocó Toucan sightings, Machalilla National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Utría National Natural Park (Colombia, about 50%) and Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chocó Toucan is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (16 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.
