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23 reactions | Watch our toco toucan eat a snack. Toco toucans enjoy eating fruits and small bugs and are quite good at catching! | Tracy Aviary | Facebook

The Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) - Toco toucans mainly feed on fleshy fruits, but also supplement their diets with insects, eggs, and nestlings of other birds. They will eat any available sugar-rich fruits, and show a high level of variation in their diet depending on the surrounding habitat. Because it prefers open habitats, the toco toucan is likely to benefit from the widespread deforestation in tropical South America; it is known to inhabit areas around airports and newly-made roads. It has