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Andigena hypoglauca

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Andigena hypoglauca Life habits and morphological characteristics

Resembling a hornbill, the grey-breasted mountain Toucan has a large, but lighter beak, a serrated edge, and a brightly colored beak. Feather color is also rich and colorful, more black. The length of the mouth takes up one-third of the body length. Like a mouth knife. The mouth is very beautiful, the upper part is red, the lower part is black, and the base of the beak is yellow-red.
The body color of the grey-breasted mountain Toucan is very bright. Its bluish breast, dark back and golden back form a harmonious and colorful beautiful picture.
Despite its large beak, the gray-breasted Toucan weighs less than 30 grams. The structure of the mouth bone is very special, it is not a dense entity, the outside is a layer of crust, through the middle of extremely fine fibers, porous spongy tissue, filled with air, so that it does not feel heavy pressure.

Andigena hypoglauca Distribution range and habitat

It is found in South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Malvinas Islands (also known as the Falkland Islands)).

Andigena hypoglauca Detailed Introduction

Andigena hypoglauca, Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan, with two subspecies, is a medium-sized climbing bird.2a096d097bf40ad1cd4c2edf5c2c11dfa8ecced2_九雷图片转换器.jpg

Grey-thorax Toucan is gregarious and prefers to live in treetops; It is also the noisiest forest bird, capable of making loud rumbles, trumpets and screeches. Its nest is built in a hole high in a tree. When eating, always peck the food with the tip of the mouth first, then tilt the neck, throw the food upward, and then open the big mouth to accurately put the food into the throat, without having to go through the long mouth and spend time in the process of "swallowing". The bird is omnivorous, feeding on fruits, seeds, and insects, and sometimes raiding the nests of small birds, eating eggs and chicks.

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The gray-breasted Toucan nests in tree cavities. - Lay 2 to 4 eggs. Smooth white eggs are piled in unlined holes and hatch in about 16 days. The hatchlings are completely naked, take at least three weeks to open their eyes, and begin to live their lives about 45 days after hatching.




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