Red-breasted Toucan

Red-breasted Toucan

Ramphastos dicolorus

Silhouette: Edwin Price · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Serra da Canastra National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

64 Verified sightings at Serra da Canastra National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,815 In all 5 parks
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Red-breasted Toucan

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 →

Sounds

Song0:49

Brazil · 2026

© Daniel Hinckley · XC1170166 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:34

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1150880 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Recording0:44

Paraguay · 2024

© Guillermo Menéndez (gmmv80) · XC939062 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
2 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
3 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
4 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
2 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
3 Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 SeaWorld Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates In captivity
2 Parque das Aves 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
3 Hodonín Zoo 🇨🇿 Czechia In captivity
4 Zoobotanic Park of Brusque 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
5 Curitiba Zoo 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
6 São Paulo Zoo 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
7 Warsaw Zoo 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
8 Temaikén 🇦🇷 Argentina In captivity
9 Zoo Opole 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
10 San Antonio Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
11 Alipore Zoological Gardens 🇮🇳 India In captivity
12 Krakow Zoo 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
13 Bird Paradise 🇸🇬 Singapore In captivity
14 Rainforest Wild Asia 🇸🇬 Singapore In captivity
15 Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
16 Zoobotânico de São José do Rio Preto 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
17 Parque Ecológico de São Carlos 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
18 Zoo Americana / Parque Ecológico Municipal 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
19 Zoológico Municipal de Guarulhos 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
20 Parque de la Conservación 🇨🇴 Colombia In captivity
21 Parque Zoobotânico de Joinville 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
22 Zoológico 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
23 Sao Paulo aquarium 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
24 Zoológico de Canindé 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
25 Zoológico do Município de São Bernardo do Campo 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity
26 Dallas World Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
27 herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
28 akwarium warszawskiego ZOO 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
29 GüiráOga 🇦🇷 Argentina In captivity
30 Vogelpark Turnersee 🇦🇹 Austria In captivity
31 Zooparque Itatiba 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Red-breasted Toucan in Serra da Canastra National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Toucan sighting in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 145th most-seen of the 294 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Red-breasted Toucan in Serra da Canastra National Park?

January, April–May and September

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-breasted Toucan in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Red-breasted Toucan?

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.

Is Serra da Canastra National Park the best place to see a Red-breasted Toucan?

2nd of 5

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Red-breasted Toucan sightings, Serra da Canastra National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 50%).

Where does the Red-breasted Toucan sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Red-breasted Toucan is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra da Canastra National Park (64 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.

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