About the Gould's Toucanet
Gould's toucanet is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.
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Gould's toucanet is about 33 cm (13 in) long. Males weigh 138 to 209 g (4.9 to 7.4 oz) and females 131 to 183 g (4.6 to 6.5 oz). Males and females have the same bill pattern but the female's bill is shorter. The bill's maxilla has a narrow white base, a black middle, an orange-yellow outer third, and ivory "teeth" along the tomium. The mandible's inner half is ivory with a thin black area between it and the outer end's orange-yellow. Both sexes have bare green-yellow to blue skin around the eye and a golden-yellow tuft of feathers behind it; both are paler in the female. Voice: Gould's toucanet makes a "eries of 'ggrawnk' to 'ggrraaw' notes". Its vocalization has also been described as a "very low, croaking, 'porc-porc-porc- -'."
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in September · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Guianan ToucanetSelenidera piperivoraThe Guianan toucanet is 33 to 35 cm (13 to 14 in) long.
Tawny-tufted ToucanetSelenidera nattereriThe tawny-tufted toucanet is 32 to 33 cm (13 to 13 in) long and weighs 148 to 165 g (5.2 to 5.8 oz).
Yellow-eared ToucanetSelenidera spectabilisThe yellow-eared toucanet is 36 to 38 cm (14 to 15 in) long and weighs 175 to 245 g (6.2 to 8.6 oz).
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