The Spot-billed Toucanet is found in south-east Brazil from south Bahia to Santa Catarina and adjacent Paraguay and Argentina. Boa Nova must be close to its northern limit.

The first photo is of a female and shows the chestnut head, the rufous underparts and the cinnamon ear-tufts. The upperparts and tail are green while the bare skin round the eye is greeny-blue. The bill is ivory in colour with black vertical stripes and a yellowish tip.