#1467 · 🐦 birds
Toco Toucan
🇳🇱 Reuzentoekan ·Ramphastos toco
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paul Steeves · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Paul Donahue · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Jeanne Martins Nascimento · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Paul Steeves · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Paul Donahue · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © docprt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Alessandro De Almeida · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © martintinari · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © Cephisus · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The toco toucan ( Ramphastos toco ), also known as the common toucan or giant toucan , is the largest and probably the best known species in the toucan family. It is found in semi-open habitats throughout a large part of central and eastern South America. It is a common attraction in zoos.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 9,118 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Toco Toucan
- Nederlands
- Reuzentoekan
- scientific name
- Ramphastos toco
- class
- Aves
- order
- Piciformes
- family
- Ramphastidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 9,118
- GBIF records in NL
- 2
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 18793, Wikidata Q376038, GBIF 2478765, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.