Fiery-billed Aracari

The fiery-billed aracari is a kind of Toucan which is found on the South Pacific slope, where Lapa Rios Ecolodge is located, up to 500ft (1500m). This beautiful bird is found only in Costa Rica and Western Panama.

Their main diet consists of fruits and insects but they also look out for nestling birds. They live mainly in the rainforest and its adjacent clearings in straggling bands of ten or les individuals. Sometimes they descend almost to ground level to eat berries, they pass the night in old woodpecker holes where they sleep together in groups of five animals and the rest of the groups sleep in holes nearby.