The Red-billed Toucan is distributed in the Guyanas, and in north-east Amazonian Brazil east of the rio Negro and mainly north of the Amazon although it is also found in north Pará and northern Maranhão. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. Photos 1 to 3 were taken around Manaus while photos 4 and 5 were taken at Carajás, Pará.

It is found in rainforest, especially near water, in clearings and occasionally in city trees. It forages in the canopy where it feeds on fruit, insects, small reptiles and birds eggs.