Photo made by Wouter Plouvier at Weg naar Zee in Suriname, September 2006. Below photos made by J. Ingels, België, by Pascal Dubois in French Guyane (2002) and the last one by Ribot in the zoo of Alphen.
This beautiful toucan is more a bird of swampy areas than the other toucans. In Brazil it is also seen on savannas. In Suriname it is rare. In the Nanniswamp in the west of the country I taped the sound (118 kB) of two toco toucans 'singing' together or maybe it is their alarm call. They went from one branch to another as I approached them with my mike. Other toucans from Suriname can be found in the photogalery, but this is the one with the biggest bill. It eats mainly berries and fruits, as the other toucans. It has been found nesting in Suriname, in a hole in a tree. Their bill doesn't allow them to really make a hole in a tree like for instance woodpeckers do. So they have to use an existing hole.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest. This toucan is rare in Surinam.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests | |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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Pictures of other toucans from Suriname
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