Photo: Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Black-billed Mountain Toucan
Andigena nigrirostris
Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) — Woodpeckers & Toucans of South America.
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The Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) is a member of the Ramphastidae family found in South America. Adults weigh 350 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Piciformes
- Family Ramphastidae Toucans
- Genus Andigena
- Species nigrirostris
Quick facts
- Weight
- 350 g
- Diet
- Fruit-eaters
- Family
- Ramphastidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan is a frugivore — it feeds mainly on fruit.
Behaviour
A bird of dense forest, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) belongs to the Ramphastidae family of the order Piciformes. It is found across South America. Its distribution covers SA w Venezuela to n Peru.
It is a large bird. Adults weighs around 350 g, with a wing length of about 16.7 cm and a tail of around 18.5 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 110,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Black-billed Mountain Toucan?
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan is a large bird that weighs around 350 g.
Where does the Black-billed Mountain Toucan live?
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan is found across South America with a range covering SA w Venezuela to n Peru, where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Black-billed Mountain Toucan belong to?
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) belongs to the Ramphastidae family, in the order Piciformes.
What does the Black-billed Mountain Toucan eat?
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan is a frugivore — it feeds mainly on fruit.
Does the Black-billed Mountain Toucan migrate?
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Black-billed Mountain Toucan endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Black-billed Mountain Toucan make?
1 real field recording of the Black-billed Mountain Toucan — including its song — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Black-billed Mountain Toucan's range?
The Black-billed Mountain Toucan has a mapped global range of about 110,000 km².
Conservation
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