Yellow-throated Toucan: Selve Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, March 2025 — As we gathered for a late afternoon prowl around the grounds at Selve Verde, we were greeted by this bold Yellow-throated Toucan, certainly one of the emblem birds of the American tropical rainforest. This bird has had three different names since I have been visiting the rainforest. Perhaps Yellow-throated will stick for a while. It is the largest Toucan in Costa Rica. The word, Toucan, comes, apparently, from the croaking call. Like most Toucans, the Yellow-throated is a voracious egg and chick predator, and not, despite its cheerful colors, a good neighbor at all. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.