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What the White-throated Toucan sounds like
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Like other toucans, the white-throated red billed toucan is brightly marked and has a huge maroon 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). However, the subspecies R. t. cuvieri is larger, with males averaging 702 g (1.548 lb) and females averaging 687 g (1.515 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.
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When to see the White-throated Toucan
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-throated Toucan
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-throated Toucan
The white-throated toucan is a near-passerine bird in the family Ramphastidae found in South America throughout the Amazon Basin including the adjacent Tocantins and Araguaia River drainage. It prefers tropical humid forest, but also occurs in woodland and locally in riverine forest within cerrado.
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Easily confused with
Channel-billed ToucanRamphastos vitellinusLike other toucans, the channel-billed is brightly marked and has a huge bill.
Toco ToucanRamphastos tocoToco toucans are the largest species of toucan, with an average length of 56 cm (22 in).
Red-breasted ToucanRamphastos dicolorusThe red-breasted toucan is 42 to 48 cm (17 to 19 in) long and weighs 265 to 400 g (9.3 to 14 oz); it is the smallest member of genus Ramphastos.
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