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.

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.

There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 7, Page 268; and Birds of Venezuela, Plate 35.

There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto .