The Groove-billed Toucanet is mostly green, with a blue facial patch and a ridged, multicolored bill. It lives in mountains of northern South America.
The plumage is mostly green, with a pale blue-white line behind the eye and a dark-blue patch below. Deep grooves mark the multicolored bill.
It uses humid subtropical forest, edges, and regenerating woodland, foraging alone, in pairs, or in small groups. Its diet is not fully known but includes animal prey and fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.