![]() This call has been described by locals as being "Dios te de, te de, te de," which is Spanish for "God keep you." The calling bird usually tosses up its head and beak, and along with a side-to-side movement, jerks its head up and moves its tail rapidly up and down. The most recognized call has to be the "keeyos taday taday" repeated at short intervals. One is a yelping "keeuREEK kirick, kirick," or "yo-YIP a-yip, a-yip," often repeated constantly. There are several shrill, yelping sounds this bird makes. The most interesting behaviors of this bird are its vocalizations. This species is typically seen in pairs, or small groups, keeping among the dense foliage during the hottest parts of the day and getting active around sunset. gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate).Around 9 weeks of age the juveniles are self-feeding (Brown & Hilty 1986 Skutch & Stiles 1989). The incubation period can last 17-19 days, and the fledging period can last 5-6 weeks. The breeding season is known to occur from early April to early June. These cavities are either the result of decay or an old woodpecker hole in a large dead tree. swainsonii builds its nest in cavities in trees. It is a sooty black with a duller yellow "bib," and a paler red crissum (Meyer de Schavensee 1964 Skutch & Stiles 1989). The young chesnut-mandibled toucan is not as brightly colored. The base of the bill is dark red becoming blackish toward the tip on the lower mandible, on the maxilla, it is sulfur-yellow. The area around the eye is a yellowish-green and the iris is olive. The rump of the bird is white with a red crissum-the feathers or area surrounding a bird's cloacal opening. It has a yellow "bib" on the throat and chest area which is bordered on the bottom by a narrow white line, followed by a red band. The hindneck and upper back are a shade of maroon. The main color is black with patches of different hues on the body. Like many toucans this bird is brightly colored. The beak alone can reach up to 15-20 cm depending on sex and age. The male grows to be as large as 55-60 cm and the female reaches 50-53 cm. swainsonii (chesnut-mandibled toucan) is one of the largest toucans. It tends to occupy the canopies of the tropical forests and is also known to fly among the clearings or semi-open areas among the trees (Brown & Hilty, 1986 Slud, 1964).Īlong with Ramphastos sulfuratus (keel-billed toucan), the adult R. This toucan is distrubuted among humid and wet forest and forest boundaries. Commonly found in the Magdalena basin which extends from the west coast of Colombia to east Ecuador and North east to Honduras (Meyer de Shavensee 1964 Gould 1972). ![]() This species' home extends as far north as south-east Honduras and continues southward into Venezuela and eastern Ecuador. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding.Ramphastos swainsonii can be found within Central America and the Northwestern coast of South America. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018).The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. The diet consists mostly of fruit, but will also take insects, lizards, and bird eggs. Humid montane and lowland forest and forest edges. Humid forests of northern Honduras to western Ecuador.Eastern Andes from southern Colombia (upper Magdalena Valley) to central Peru.Northeastern Colombia (west slope of the Eastern Andes south to the central Magdalena Valley) and northwestern and northern Venezuela.swainsonii (Chestnut-mandibled Toucan) is sometimes recognized as full species. ambiguus/abbreviatus Distributionįrom Honduras and Nicaragua south to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. However, the huge distinctive bicolor bill is adequate in itself for identification, with the lower mandible and triangular section of upper mandible closest to the face colored chestnut, and the rest of the upper mandible lemon yellow.īlack-mandibled Toucan, R. Red crissum, white tail coverts, and blue legs. A thin red line separates the breast from the belly, which is the same dark maroon as the back. The face, neck, and chest is bright yellow with a subtle lime-green mask around a dark eye. Females are smaller.ĭark maroon tail, back, and head may appear black in some lighting conditions.
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