White-throated Toucan
A species of Typical Toucans, Also known as Cuvier's Toucan Scientific name : Ramphastos tucanus Genus : Typical Toucans
White-throated Toucan, A species of Typical Toucans
Also known as:
Cuvier's Toucan
Botanical name: Ramphastos tucanus
Genus: Typical Toucans
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Description
Like other toucans, the white-throated toucan is brightly marked and has a huge bill. It has a total length of 50–61 cm (19.5–24 in). Body weight is somewhat variable, ranging in adult birds from 425 to 830 g (0.937 to 1.830 lb). The male averages slightly larger, at a mass of 642 g (1.415 lb), while the female averages 580 g (1.28 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 20.4 to 26.5 cm (8.0 to 10.4 in), the bill is 12.2 to 22 cm (4.8 to 8.7 in), the tail is 13.3 to 16.8 cm (5.2 to 6.6 in), and the tarsus is 4.5 to 5.6 cm (1.8 to 2.2 in). The only species of toucan that surpasses the white-throated in size is the toco toucan. It has black plumage with a white throat and breast bordered below with a narrow red line. The rump is bright yellow and the crissum (the area around the cloaca) is red. The bare skin around the eye is blue. The bill has a yellow tip, upper ridge and base of the upper mandible, and the base of the lower mandible is blue. The rest of the bill is mainly black in R. t. cuvieri and mainly reddish-brown in R. t. tucanus, with intergrades showing a mixed coloration. Males are larger and longer-billed than females, but otherwise the sexes are alike. Juveniles are noticeably shorter-billed, more sooty-black, and have duller plumage. The white-throated toucan of the race cuvieri is virtually identical to the related channel-billed toucan of the race culminatus, but the latter is smaller and has a proportionally shorter bill with a more strongly keeled culmen. The call is often the best distinction between the species. White-throated has a yelping eeoo, hue hue, whereas channel-billed has a croaking song. 
Size
58 cm
Life Expectancy
15 years
Feeding Habits
White-throated Toucan primarily consumes fruit but also eats insects, lizards, eggs, and small birds. White-throated Toucan forages in the canopy, using its large bill to access food. Unique adaptations include a preference for certain fruits, contributing to seed dispersal.
Habitat
White-throated Toucan predominantly inhabits tropical humid forests and woodlands, thriving in environments such as old riverbeds, mature forests near water bodies, and late successional forests. It is also found in secondary forests, forest edges, and clearings, as well as in man-made landscapes including plantations and gardens. This species frequents riverside forests within savannas and occasionally adapts to urban areas by inhabiting city trees. White-throated Toucan resides chiefly in the lowland tropics, generally below 900 meters, although it can be found at elevations up to 1440 meters in Guyana and even higher on Andean slopes.
Dite type
Frugivorous
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Behavior
Small flocks or more commonly pairs of birds move through the forest with a heavy, rather weak, undulating flight, rarely flying more than 100 m (330 ft) at a time. This species is primarily an arboreal fruit-eater, but will also take insects, lizards, eggs, and small birds.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
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