Order: Piciformes | Family: Ramphastidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tandayapa, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Nariño, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Nariño, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Western Ecuador
Status: The Choco Toucan has been recently documented in extreme northern Peru as rare in the semi-deciduous forest of extreme northern Peru in the Cerros de Amotape National Park. It is known to range at elevations below 900 m. The Choco Toucan also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Tucán del Choco.
Sub-species: Choco Toucan (Ramphastos brevis), Meyer de Schauensee, 1945.
Meaning of Name: Ramphastos: Gr. ramphestes= long sword, great sword. brevis: L. brevis= Short, small, slight. In reference to this bird’s small size.

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