Guianan Toucanets, unlike most Toucans species, are sexually dimorphic (males differ from hens in feather coloration on the chest) and are a blend of blue and yellow colors in their feathers on the side of their head and a bit of red on the side of the beak. If you look at the two birds in the pictures you will notice the male having the solid black chest and the female with the grayish coloring on the chest.

The toucanets do very well on the specie specific diets that are produced for them by most of the major bird food companies. We feed our pair fresh papaya, cantaloupe, apple, banana as well as the pellets. In the pictures you will also notice them sitting on the black bowl, which serves as a bath bowl and get changed sometimes two or more times a day.

They love to back their bodies down into the water bowl. I tried a bigger bowl on the ground in the aviary, but they wouldn't go down to it as I felt that they were uncomfortable with being in a vulnerable position when down so low, but they will jump in to the water bowl mounted on to the side of the cage as soon as I put fresh cold water in it.

Even though they are both breeders the pair will still sit on the perch next to me while I clean their cage. They will make a high pitch whine when happy and also will click their beaks to show happiness. The pair will grab small bugs that fly through their cage, but when grasshoppers came through they only picked them up and then threw them down. So I take it that the taste or consistency that they like wasn't there. A great small bird, but as with any softbill not a recommended bird for the indoors with their loose dropping feces, plus your house would generally smell like spoiled fruit if kept indoors and fed the proper diet.

Outdoors the main thing is the temperature. Much below 50 degrees and you will need a heat lamp source for them to be comfortable at night. We had two nights last winter when temperatures were in the low 30's and the birds really appreciated the extra heat. We are located north of Tampa, Florida and yes, it does get cold here, but not for a long period and those low temperatures nights are not real common.