Stats

Lifespan: 15-20 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Central America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Near Threatened

About

A canopy-dwelling neotropical bird whose oversized rainbow-banded bill can be a third of its body length. The bill is surprisingly light: it's a honeycomb of hollow keratin that doubles as a thermoregulator, shedding heat in the humid forest air.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2.
hatchling
A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Ramphastos
Species: Ramphastos sulfuratus