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Toco Toucan
Toco Toucan
Ramphastos toco
Aves
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 20 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Flock
Biome
Tropical savanna
Range
South America
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Speed
Status
Uncommon

About

The largest toucan, instantly recognisable by its enormous orange-yellow bill — up to 20 cm long and nearly a third of the bird's total length. Surprisingly lightweight, the bill is a lattice of hollow keratin supported by bony fibres.

Life cycle

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