South AmericaLeast concern
Toco toucan
Ramphastos toco
A bird with a giant orange beak, about a third of its body length.
- Weight
- Up to 700 g
- Size
- 60 cm long
- Lifespan
- About 20 years
- Top speed
- Short flights and hops
- Diet
- Mostly fruit
How heavy is that?
About 2% of a 40 kg kid
Where it lives
Three things to know
- Its beak is light: a hollow shell of keratin with air inside.
- The beak helps it lose heat, like a radiator.
- It tosses fruit into the air and catches it.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Toco toucan700 gA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe kid weighs about 57× as much as the toucan
- Size
- Toco toucan60 cmA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe kid is about 2.3× as big as the toucan
- Top speed
- Toco toucan—A 10-year-old kid20 km/hToo slow to time
- Lifespan
- Toco toucan20 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 4× as long as the toucan
Food chain
- FruitProducer
Toco toucanThis animal