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| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Жлебоклюн тукан |
| Catalan | tucà vitel·lí |
| Croatian | crnoleđi tukan |
| Czech | tukan volavý |
| Dutch | Groefsnaveltoekan |
| English | Channel-billed Toucan |
| English (United States) | Channel-billed Toucan |
| Estonian | mustnokk-tuukan |
| Finnish | punaliivitukaani |
| French | Toucan vitellin |
| French (Canada) | Toucan vitellin |
| French (French Guiana) | Toucan ariel |
| German | Dotterkehltukan |
| Icelandic | Plómutúkani |
| Japanese | ヒムネオオハシ |
| Norwegian | tupinambatukan |
| Polish | tukan żółtogardły |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | tucano-de-bico-preto |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tucano-de-bico-preto |
| Russian | Тукан-ариель |
| Serbian | Kreštavi tukan |
| Slovak | tukan krkavý |
| Spanish | Tucán Vitelino |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Tucán Piquiacanalado |
| Spanish (Peru) | Tucán de Pico Acanalado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tucán vitelino |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Diostedé Pico Acanalado |
| Swedish | gulbröstad tukan |
| Turkish | Oluk Gagalı Tukan |
| Ukrainian | Тукан чорнодзьобий |
Harold F. Greeney revised the account. Tammy Zhang, Arnau Bonan Barfull, and Nicholas D. Sly curated the media. Gracey Brouillard copyedited the account.
Large toucans (Ramphastos) are divided into two groups of species, the "croakers" and the "yelpers," based on their characteristic loud vocalizations. The Channel-billed Toucan is the most widespread species of "croaker." It occurs in northwestern Colombia and east across most of northern and central South America, including all of Amazonia and the Atlantic Forests of southeastern Brazil. The general behavior of this species is typical of large toucans. It forages in the upper levels of humid lowland forests, consuming a varied diet of fruit, large arthropods, and small vertebrates (such as nestlings and eggs of smaller birds, frogs, and roosting bats). It usually travels solitarily or in pairs, but may form small flocks or join aggregations of other species (including other species of toucans) in fruiting trees. Across most of its range, the Channel-billed Toucan overlaps with a larger species in the "yelping" group, theWhite-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus). In eastern South America, the two species can be distinguished by the color of the breast and of the bill, but in western Amazonia, the pattern of the bill and plumage is amazingly similar in both species. Aside from the distinctly different voices of the two, the bill of the Channel-billed Toucan is relatively smaller than the bill of the White-throated Toucan. The Channel-billed Toucan is geographically variable, with five subspecies that differ primarily in the color of their bills, bare facial skin, breast bibs, and uppertail coverts. These subspecies were formerly classified as a separate species, but they intergrade with one another where their ranges meet. All of the subspecies share a peculiar longitudinal groove or "channel" along the maxilla.
Map last updated 29 April 2024.
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