Black-billed Mountain-Toucan
Andigena nigrirostris
Aves
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 12-20 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Small Flock
- Biome
- Montane rainforest
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Rare
About
Black-billed Mountain-Toucans are colorful birds that live in the mountainous regions of South America. They are the only toucan species that builds nests in trees, and they are also the only toucan species that lays eggs.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
- 2.hatchlingA naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Ramphastidae
- Genus
- Andigena
- Species
- Andigena nigrirostris