Pteroglossus viridis

The green-tufted toucan resembles a hornbill. The upper body is dark green, the waist is dark red, the head is maroon. There is a turquoise ring around the eyes. The lower body is mainly yellow-green. The long beak presents a variety of hues, mainly black and yellow, with a little orange, red and so on. The margin of the beak is usually clearly serrated, black or ivory in appearance, and looks somewhat like a tooth. The green tufted Toucan's beak, despite its size, 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.
Tufted toucan is one of the few species of toucan with distinct sexual differences; At four weeks of age, chicks can be sexed by their plumage.

The greentufted tuano is found in 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)).
The green tufted Toucan inhabits warm forests and marginal areas, preferring treetops.

Pteroglossus viridis, Green aracari, is a medium-sized climbing bird.

The greentufted toucan is the noisiest of the forest birds, producing 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 green Tufted Toucan is omnivorous and feeds on fruits, seeds, and insects.

The green-tufted toucan nests in tree cavities and sometimes preys on the nests of young birds, eating eggs and chicks. - Lay 2 to 4 eggs. The smooth white eggs are piled in unlined holes and hatch in about 16 days. The chicks that hatch are completely naked, take at least three weeks to open their eyes, and begin to live their own lives about 45 days after hatching.

Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) for 2016 ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC).

Listed in Appendices I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 2019 edition Appendix II.

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