The Crimson-rumped Toucanet has a green body, red rump, and large reddish-brown and black bill. It feeds mainly on fruit and nests in old woodpecker holes.
It is green with a red rump and a large, flattened bill colored reddish brown and black. Males have bluish areas above and below the eye and along the sides of the chest.
It eats mainly fruit, along with some insects and bird eggs. The nest is usually an old woodpecker hole; the female does most of the incubation, which lasts 16–17 days, and young may stay with their parents until the next breeding season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.