chestnut-mandibled toucan

Chestnut-mandibled toucan or Swainsons toucan

took this photo last year in Costa Rica

Second cherry picker

Toucan cherry picking

two Toucans playing on a treetop in the very last light of the day - what a happy scene

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, or Swainsons Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii) at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan also known as the Swainsons Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) Photographed in Si Como No Resorts Wildlife Refuge in Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica where is is quite common and tame, at least at feeding stations. Lowland wet rainforest at about 26 m (85 ft) elevation.

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan

This bird suddenly revealed itself a few meters of me while I was photographing a much smaller bird in the same tree. I was two close to fit the whole toucan in the frame. but I quickly decided to get the upper half of the bird before trying to move back for a more complete shot. When I moved...

A chestnut mandibled toucan with a seed in it's bill.

This clown of the forest has a dark side. Though primarily a fruit-eater small reptiles, birds eggs & chicks are also on the menu.

In the garden of the rainforest lodge was an early morning feeding table with fruits.

On the walk to Los Cedros, our friend from Fundacion Zoobreviven, Marco Pavon was completely shocked at one point to see 4 types of Toucan in one tree alone! This remote 6500 hectare reserve is home to many rare species of bird and wildlife.