Channel-billed toucan

The drawing was made by the artist Paul Woei, Suriname 1989, the photo above was made by Candy McManiman in Suriname in 2005 and the last photos by Pascal Dubois in French Guyane and by Pieter Verheij and Carla Out, both in Suriname in 2007.
This toucan is smaller than the red-billed one. Except by their black bills, they are also recognisable by the red feathers just above their tail. In the forest they are often found in small groups, staying high in the trees often on bare limbs in treetops. With their large bill they can reach for fruits and berries at the end of small twigs. The channel-billed toucan doesn't come to the coast as often as the red-billed does after the rainy season.
Their sound can be heard from far away and is quite distinct. A call from the channel-billed toucan is available and there are more toucans to be found in the photogalery.

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.

Distribution in Suriname (explanation)
Coastal area
Savanna
Forests
Mountain forests
Sipalawini savanna

Names in:

• Scientific name: Ramphastos vitellinus
• Dutch: Groefsnavel toekan
• French: Toucan ariel
• Portugese: Tucano-de-bico-preto
• Spanish: Diostedé pico acanelado
• Surinamese: Blakanoso
• Carib: Goenia, Koeiloe, Kelemassa
• Arawak: Sieroe

More pictures of toucans in Suriname, part 5

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