LIVE BIRDWATCHING WEBCAM IN COSTA RICA

More info: The webcam is located close to the Gingerbread Fine Restaurant and Boutique Hotel and attracts many visiting birds including the Keel-billed toucan, chesnut-mandibled toucan and green parrots.

The chestnut-mandibled toucan or Swainson's toucan is a subspecies of the yellow-throated toucan which breeds from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia to western Ecuador. Like other toucans, the chestnut-mandibled toucan is brightly marked and has a large bill.

The keel-billed toucan is also known as the sulfur-breasted toucan or rainbow-billed toucan. It is mainly black with lemon yellow on the face, throat, and chest, bright red under the tail, and multicoloured markings on the bill.

The bills of toucans may be up to one-third of the bird’s total length. Though the bill appears unwieldy, even heavy, it is composed of extremely lightweight bone covered with keratin