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Toco Toucan Portrait

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The Toco Toucan is the largest and most recognizable toucan species, famous for its massive, colorful orange-yellow bill. The toucan’s beak looks heavy but is actually light. It is hollow, made of the protein keratin with thin rods of bone for support, and is similar in consistency to a hard sponge.

Photographed this bird at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, which features an astonishing variety of birds from around the world.

Toco Toucan Sideways

Toco Toucan

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Toco Toucan is the largest species of toucan and has a distinctive appearance: a black body, a white throat, chest, upper tail covers, and red undertail. Toucans are native to the Neotropics, from southern Mexico through Central America, into South America, and south to northern Argentina.

Here is one at Sylvan Heights Bird Park, North Carolina.

Toco Toucan Side Look

Toco Toucan Looking Away