Keel-billed toucan

Keel-billed toucan
R. s. sulfuratus eating Wodyetia bifurcata palm fruit, Cayo, Belize
CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Ramphastos
Species:
R. sulfuratus
Binomial name
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Lesson, 1830
Subspecies
  • R. s. sulfuratus Lesson, 1830
  • R. s. brevicarinatus Gould, 1854

The keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as rainbow-billed toucan or sulphur-breasted toucan, is a species of toucan native to southern Mexico, Central America and the far northwest of South America, and is found in tropical forests. It is the national bird of Belize. It is an omnivorous forest bird that feeds on fruit, seeds, insects, invertebrates, lizards, snakes, and small birds and their eggs.