Rainforest Toucan is
one of the most amazing rainforest birds.
There
are about 40 different
species of toucans and they are all found
in Central and South
American
rainforest, southern Mexico and Caribbean.
Their most distinctive feature - the massive, colurful bill - is very light.
It is known to work as a mechanism for
thermoregulation; as well as enable the bird to reach deeper into tree
hollows.
Toucans
eat mostly
fruit but take insects and
small prey when available. They have got a long and narrow tongue and
they are important seed dispersals.
Toucans
live
up in trees
where they nest in tree hollows. They lay 2-4 eggs and the young ar
naked when they hatch. They live in pairs or sometimes small flocks;
and they do not migrate.
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