Toco toucan
Amazing fact
Toco toucans communicate by clacking their bills.
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Toco toucans communicate by clacking their bills.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Toco toucan
- Scientific name
- Ramphastos toco
- Japanese name
- オニオオハシ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Ramphastidae
- Genus
- Ramphastos
Where the name “Toco toucan” comes from
The name Oni-ohashi means “large beak”.
日本平動物園Most toucans live in rainforests, but this one lives in open woodland and along rivers in South America.
Its huge bill looks heavy but is hollow inside and light, and it is said to help the bird give off body heat.
It picks up fruit and other food with its big bill and tosses it lightly before eating it.
How the Toco toucan lives
Besides fruit, they sometimes eat insects and other birds’ eggs. They live in small flocks. They nest in natural tree cavities or holes made by woodpeckers and other birds.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web日本平動物園Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 65 cm
- Lifespan
- 10 years
- Diet
- Fruit and small animals
- Range
- Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina
Where the Toco toucan has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- オニオオハシ
- 简体中文
- 托哥巨嘴鸟
- 繁體中文
- 托哥巨嘴鳥
- 한국어
- 토코투칸
- Español
- Tucán Toco
- Français
- Toucan toco
- Deutsch
- Riesentukan
- Português (Brasil)
- Tucano-gigante
- Italiano
- Tucano toco
- العربية
- طوقان توكو
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Tukan Toco
- Русский
- Большой тукан
- Türkçe
- Toko tukanı
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 日本平動物園 — オニオオハシChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Ramphastos tocoChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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