Selenidera spectabilis

IUCN

Alias：Selenidera spectabilis，Yellow-eared toucanet

Basic Information

Scientific classification

name：Selenidera spectabilis
Aliases：Selenidera spectabilis，Yellow-eared toucanet
Outline：Climbing birds
Family：

Vital signs

length：30-35cm
Weight：No textual research information is available
lifetime：No textual research information is available

Feature

Details

Selenidera spectabilis (Yellow-eared toucanet) is a species of climbing bird.

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The song of the yellow-eared toucan resembles that of a frog. The yellow-eared toucan is omnivorous, feeding on fruits, seeds, and insects, and is sometimes considered a pest in orchards.

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Yellow-eared toucans generally choose trees with good wood to dig burrows, and the opening width is just enough for adult birds to drill into the hole, and the hole is 17 cm ~ 2 meters deep. If there is a suitable cave near the root of the trunk, the cave is usually selected first, and then further excavation work is done on this basis. Burrowing is an important part of their reproductive behavior. The nest is unlined, and a clutch of 1-5 eggs is laid on sawdust or on a rough layer of reclaimed seeds, which will accumulate thicker as the nest progresses. About 16 days to hatch; It takes at least three weeks for the hatchlings to open their eyes completely naked. After 45 days of birth, the chicks leave the nest and fly away. The chicks then live their lives independently in the leaf cluster.

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Location

The small yellow-eared toucan is found in Central America (located 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))
The yellow-eared toucan is usually found at altitudes of 400 to 1,000 m, mainly in lowland rain forests, but sometimes in open areas with sparse trees nearby.

Form

The yellow-eared toucan is between 30 and 35 cm long, with a dark green upper body, a dark blue belly, and a blue-green naked skin around the eyes. Reddish-brown head with citrus-yellow streaks under the waist and flanks. The plumage of the female bird is lighter than that of the male bird, and the black part appears brown. It has a red undertail covering. Named for their golden ear feathers. The sex difference is obvious, and chicks can be identified by body feathers when they are four weeks old. There is a beak that is large relative to the body, and the beak is actually very light, not nearly as heavy as it looks. The outside is a thin sheath of keratin, the inside is hollow, but there are many thin bone support rods staggered. The bird's tongue is very long, the margin of the beak is clearly serrated, and there is no mouth beard around the base of the beak. The skin on the exposed part of the face and jaw is usually brightly colored.