Do you know everything about my pet, the Toco toucan? Well, it's very interesting and beautiful at the same time. My pet's common name is Toco Toucan. Its scientific name is Ramphastos Toco and simply means their name. How about its physical description such as length, weight and coloration. Its behavior such as its adaptations to the environment and how it reproduces. Where does it live and what does its food web basically do? eats and what eats it. The Toco toucan's weight ranges from 10 to 17.5 ounces and its length ranges from 24 to 26.5 inches (Likoff p.934). This bird uses its color to intimidate small birds, so it can raid their eggs. They have a lifespan of 12 to 20 years (Likoff p.934) Since it is a bird, it is warm-blooded and uses its lungs to breathe. The toco toucan is diurnal and this means that it is used to the day. It is an omnivore that eats food of animal and plant origin such as snakes and lizards that live in trees and its vegetarian diet consists of eating spiders and insects such as cicadas, termites and crickets. It feeds mainly on insects, eggs, nestlings of small and medium-sized birds, figs, oranges, guavas, peppers, caterpillars...