Ramphastos brevis

Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis, Choco Toucan is a medium-sized climbing bird.

The Choco toucan's song is hoarse and low. Choco toucans are omnivorous, feeding on fruits, seeds, and insects, and sometimes raiding the nests of small birds, eating eggs and chicks.

The Choco Toucan nests in tree holes, and the preferred holes are of good wood, the opening width is just enough for the adult bird to drill into, and the hole is 17 cm to 2 meters deep. The presence of suitable burrows near the root of the tree will also attract birds that normally nest in high places to nest near the ground.

Choco toucans are found in Central America (between North and South America, Including Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.), South America (including Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Malvinas Islands (also known as the Falkland Islands).
The Choco toucan lives mainly in lowland rain forests, sometimes in open areas with sparse trees nearby. They are rarely seen above 1,700 metres above sea level.

The Choco toucan resembles a hornbill and can grow up to 60 cm long. The body feathers are mainly black, with lemon yellow on the face, throat and breast, bright red on the ventral side of the tail, and black and lemon on the mouth. The nostrils of the adult bird are hidden under the base of the beak.
A bird's beak is actually very light, not nearly as heavy as it looks. The outside is a thin sheath of keratin, the inside is hollow, but there are many thin bone support rods staggered. The tongue of the Choco Toucan is very long, the margin of the beak is clearly serrated, and there is no mouth beard around the base of the beak. The skin on the exposed part of the face and jaw is usually brightly colored. The eyes are light in color, with dark shadows in front and behind the pupil, making their eyes appear to form a horizontal slit.