Rainforest Toucan
"Rainforest Toucan is
one of the most amazing rainforest birds."
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There are about 40 different species of toucans and they are all found in Central and South American rainforest, southern Mexico and Caribbean.
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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.
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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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