Red-breasted toucan
Ramphastos dicolorus Linnaeus, 1766
The red-breasted toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) is a species in the family Ramphastidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 325.5 g to 331 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the red-breasted toucan
- Weight
- 331 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Frugivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 17 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the red-breasted toucan live?
Not recorded
What is 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.
From the Wikipedia article “Red-breasted toucan” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-breasted_toucan&oldid=1369944217), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the red-breasted toucan endangered?
The red-breasted toucan is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the red-breasted toucan classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyRamphastidae
- genusRamphastos
- SpeciesRamphastos dicolorus Linnaeus, 1766
Synonyms Ramphastos discolorus, Rhamphastos dicolorus
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- Green-billed toucanEnglish
- Green-billed toucanEnglish
- Green-billed toucanEnglish
- طوقان أخضر المنقارArabic
- Tucà ventrevermellCatalan
- tucà de ventre vermellCatalan
- tukan pestrýCzech
- twcan torgochWelsh
- Rødbrystet TukanDanish
- BunttukanGerman
- verdabeka tukanoEsperanto
- Tucán bicolorSpanish
- Tucán pico verdeSpanish
- brasiilia tuukanEstonian
- kultarintatukaaniFinnish
- Toucan à ventre rougeFrench
- crvenotrbi tukanCroatian
- zöldcsőrű tukánHungarian
- Tucano pettorossoItalian
- アオハシヒムネオオハシJapanese
- rausvakrūtis tukanasLithuanian
- RoodborsttoekanDutch
- rødbuktukanNorwegian
- tukan zielonodziobyPolish
- tucano-bicolorPortuguese
- tucano-de-bico-verdePortuguese
- Краснобрюхий туканRussian
- Красногрудый туканRussian
- Crvenogrudi tukanSerbian
- rödbröstad tukanSwedish
- Kızıl Gerdanlı TukanTurkish
- Kırmızı Karınlı TukanTurkish
- тукан строкатийUkrainian
- 红胸巨嘴鸟Chinese
- 紅胸鵎鵼Chinese
Relatives of the red-breasted toucan
Other species in the same genus Ramphastos.
Keel-billed toucan
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Toco toucan
Ramphastos toco
Channel-billed toucan
Ramphastos vitellinus
White-throated toucan
Ramphastos tucanus
Choco toucan
Ramphastos brevis
Yellow-throated toucan
Ramphastos ambiguus
CompareRed-breasted toucan vs Keel-billed toucanRed-breasted toucan vs Toco toucanRed-breasted toucan vs Channel-billed toucanRed-breasted toucan vs White-throated toucan
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the red-breasted toucan?
An adult red-breasted toucan weighs 331 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the red-breasted toucan endangered?
The red-breasted toucan is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the red-breasted toucan?
The red-breasted toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) belongs to the family Ramphastidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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