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White-throated Toucan
Gerry van Tonder, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Toucans, woodpeckers & jacamars

White-throated Toucan

Ramphastos tucanus Linnaeus, 1758

LC Least ConcernOn Suriname's list of threatened fauna

Names

EnglishWhite-throated Toucan
DutchRoodsnaveltoekan
SpanishTucán de pecho blanco
Chinese红嘴巨嘴鸟
Sranan Tongokuyake (general name for the group)
Scientific nameRamphastos tucanus Linnaeus, 1758

About this species

The white-throated toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) is a 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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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPiciformes
FamilyRamphastidae
GenusRamphastos

In Suriname

2,115Records in Suriname
49iNaturalist observations
1859First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1,230
  • Para369
  • Brokopondo323
  • Commewijne84
  • Nickerie18
  • Saramacca11
  • Wanica6
  • Marowijne5
  • Paramaribo4

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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