The colorful bird with a large beak native to Central and South American rainforests is the toucan. Toucans belong to the family Ramphastidae, a group of more than 40 species known for bright plumage and oversized bills.
The bill looks heavy, but its honeycomb-like structure makes it relatively lightweight. It helps toucans reach fruit on thin branches, regulate body heat, and sometimes defend feeding or nesting areas. Toucans mainly eat fruit, although they also take insects, eggs, and nestlings.
The toco toucan is the largest toucan species and is especially recognizable by its orange bill with a black tip. Despite their rainforest reputation, some toucans prefer forest edges, gallery forests, savannas, orchards, and other semi-open habitats. A common mix-up is confusing toucans with hornbills: both have large bills, but hornbills are native mainly to Africa and Asia, while toucans are New World birds.