Life in the rain forest. With its large, bright-orange and yellow beak, the toco toucan is the best known of the toucan species. They are also called the common toucan, giant toucan, or just "toucan." In the wild, toco toucans live in rain forests in South America, where they make their home in the trees.

Where is a toucans habitat?

HABITAT AND DIET

Toucans spend their lives high in the rainforest canopies of Central and South America; they seldom make trips to the forest floor. Home for the toucan is a nest in a hollowed-out tree cavity.

Do toucans live in Africa?

Toucans reside in Central and South America, while hornbills are found only in Africa and Asia. Toucan (left) and hornbill (right) look similar though they are unrelated.