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Aulacorhynchus prasinus

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Aulacorhynchus prasinus Life habits and morphological characteristics

Green Toucan is a medium-sized climbing bird, the appearance is slightly like hornbill, the body feathers are mainly green. Brown-roofed, large beak, golden on the upper half, black on the lower half, with erythema at the base of the beak. Different subspecies have different throats, which are blue and white. Although the beak is large, it is light, and the beak of this bird is large, but it 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.

Aulacorhynchus prasinus Distribution range and habitat

The green toucan is found in Central America (between North and South America, Including Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.), South America (including Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and the Malvinas Islands (also known as the Falkland Islands)

Aulacorhynchus prasinus Detailed Introduction

Aulacorhynchus prasinus, also known as Emerald Toucanet, has four subspecies.1558a95d10385343091765039813b07ecb8088a8_九雷图片转换器.jpg

The green toucan's song is usually a series of long, toneless guttering sounds, similar to the croaks of frogs and dogs, as well as dry clicks, and is also the loudest forest bird. It lives in mountains from 1,000 to 3,600 meters above sea level and likes to live in treetops. He burrows in a decayed tree and builds his nest in a high hollow. Both parents care for the chicks, but there is no clear responsibility for watching the chicks at night. Large droppings and residues will use the beak to peck out the nest, which is kept fairly tidy. 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". It is omnivorous, feeding on fruits, seeds and insects, and sometimes raiding the nests of small birds, eating eggs and chicks.

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Green toucans nest in tree holes. - 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.fdf2277c1947db5da5d77ea3ab3ba3ee_九雷图片转换器.jpg

In Angry Birds, the green toucan plays the role of the big bill bird that spins.




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