The saffron is found in the Atlantic Forest. The Saffron Toucanet is restricted to humid forests of southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and eastern Paraguay, and usually is uncommon. This is a very aptly-named species of ramphastid: the face and underparts of the Saffron Toucanet are predominately yellow, and the upperparts are yellow olive.. Saffron Toucanets often are quiet, even secretive; they forage for fruit, and perhaps young birds and eggs, in mid levels and the canopy of forest. This species was found to be “endemic and high sensitivity” to the fragmentation, meaning that since they are native to the land, they are more likely to be affected by the split. They are currently considered Near Threatened by BirdLife International.
