Choco Toucan

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iChoco Toucan
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Ramphastos
Species: R. brevis
Binomial name
Ramphastos brevis
Meyer de Schauensee, 1945

The Choco Toucan (Ramphastos brevis) is a large black toucan found in the lowland forests of the pacific slope of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, where it is common.

The Choco Toucan is very rare in captivity in the U.S.