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Pteroglossus erythropygius

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Pteroglossus erythropygius Life habits and morphological characteristics

It looks a little like a hornbill. The upper body is black, the waist is dark red, and the head is usually black. The lower body is mainly yellow, with multiple black or red markings, forming a large chest spot.
The proboscis show a distinct color combination, including black, white, ivory and so on. The margin of the beak is usually clearly serrated, black or ivory in appearance, and looks somewhat like a tooth. Despite its large beak, the 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.
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.

Pteroglossus erythropygius Distribution range and habitat

The species 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).
It inhabits warm forests and marginal areas, preferring treetops.

Pteroglossus erythropygius Detailed Introduction

Pteroglossus erythropygius, Pale-mandibled aracari, is a medium-sized climbing bird.

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The soft-billed Tucan is also 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". 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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淡嘴簇舌巨嘴鸟以树洞为巢。—次生2~4枚蛋。光滑白蛋即堆于未衬里的穴中,大约16天孵化;孵出的雏鸟全身赤裸,至少须经3个星期才能睁眼,孵后约45天开始过自己的生活。

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