Peru

White-throated Toucan

Ramphastos tucanus

(L 21-22.5" Wt 22 oz)

Machu Huasi
Oxbow Lake

Peru

22Sept2011

2nd largest toucan..bill is 5-5-7"
long ...loud call is characterstic of
the Amazon forest.

Bob Planqué,

XC109

If I were a tropical Toucan bird,

I'd live in rain-soaked trees,

Where the air is nice and humid,

And there's very little breeze.

(Shelby Forrrest)