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Yellow throated toucan. Mostly black overall with yellow throat and face. In our experience the easiest place to find toucans is in the foothills and low mountains of the central and south pacific and osa peninsula where the range of the yellow throatedchestnut toucan and fiery billed aracari overlap. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
As in all toucans the blue throated toucanet has a large bill. Sometimes perches very obviously at the top of a tree. Toucans do not screech and scream like a parrot but neither do they mimic human speech.
Almost no matter where you are in costa rica theres at least one species of toucan around. Toco toucans have two different sounds they make to communicate. The ranges of the nominate subspecies and the chestnut mandibled toucan do not overlap in the wild and are found to differ by 135 in mitochondrial dna leading some authourities to continue to classify the chestnut mandibled toucan as a separate species.
Favors forested areas but can also be found in gardens and edges. The yellow throated toucan was at one time considered to be closely related to the choco toucan but it is only distantly related per genetics. Large conspicuous bird with oversized bill.
Yelping call helps distinguish from similar. They do tend to toss their seeds around a bit but are generally far neater than the average parrot. The bill is black with yellow to the upper mandible and a white band at the base but uniquely among the emerald toucanet group with a rufous patch near the base of the upper mandible.
Dark below and yellow above. Toucans are highly intelligent and quite easy to train. Found in pairs or small groups often parading through the canopy in search of fruit.