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White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)

Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)

About White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
  • Family: Toucans


Red List Category
VU
Vulnerable

Red List Criteria
A4cd

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2014

Assessor/s
BirdLife International

Reviewer/s
Butchart, S.

Contributor/s

Justification
Based on a model of deforestation in the Amazon basin, and the species's susceptibility to hunting, it is suspected that its population is declining rapidly over three generations, and it has therefore been classified as Vulnerable.

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Visits

  • 2006-11-11
    Sani Lodge, Ecuador
    Local Name: White-throated Toucan
    Image from 2006-11-11
    Image from 2006-11-11
    Image from 2006-11-11
  • 2023-08-06
    Avila Viejo Community Reserve, Ecuador