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Colorful + Devious = Toucans of Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Toucans were something else entirely and we couldn’t even see them at the local zoo. Much to the good fortune of resident and visiting birders in Costa Rica, this is true, we see toucans at many sites in the country. These are the six species that occur in Costa Rica: Yellow-throated Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii).