This toucan has a long bill and a banded chest. In northwestern South America it feeds mainly on fruit and nuts, sometimes taking insects, and roosts communally in tree cavities.
It has a long, colorful bill and several dark bands across a yellow chest; green dominates the body, with yellow and red around the face and chest.
It eats mostly fruits and nuts, with insects also recorded. Small groups use tree cavities for communal night roosts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.