Tawny-tufted Toucanet

The scientific name of the tea-bearded little toucan is Selenidera nattereri, and its foreign name is awny-tufted toucanet. It is a climbing bird.

The call of the Tea-bearded Little Toucan is similar to that of a frog. The tea-bearded toucan is omnivorous, feeding on fruits, seeds and insects, and is sometimes considered a pest in orchards.

Tea-bearded toucans generally choose trees with good wood to dig holes. The opening width is just right for the adult bird to drill in, and the hole depth is 17 cm to 2 meters. If there is a suitable cave near the root of the tree trunk, the cave is usually selected first and then further excavation work is done on this basis. Burrowing is an important part of their breeding behavior. There is no lining material in the nest, and a clutch of 1 to 5 eggs is laid on wood chips or a rough layer composed of regurgitated seeds. As the nest construction progresses, this layer will accumulate thicker and thicker. It takes about 16 days to hatch; the hatched chicks are naked and take at least 3 weeks to open their eyes. They fly away from the nest 45 days after they are born. From then on, the young birds start to live their own lives independently in the leaves.

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The little toucan 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 Tea-bearded Lesser Toucan is usually found in areas with an altitude of 400 to 1,000 meters. It mainly inhabits lowland rainforests and sometimes appears in open areas with sparse trees nearby.

Between 30 and 35 centimeters, they are generally green on the upper body, red on the abdomen, and have sky blue bare skin around the eyes. The male has a complete black crest, and the neck, throat and chest are black. There is a golden feather collar between the chest and abdomen. It has red undertail coverts and golden ear feathers. There are obvious differences between the sexes. The female's feathers are lighter than the male's, with the black parts appearing brown. When the chicks are four weeks old, their sex can be identified by their body feathers.
It has a relatively large beak with red and white markings on its body. The beak is actually very light and not nearly as heavy as it looks. The outside is a thin layer of horny sheath, and the inside is hollow except for many thin bone support rods arranged staggeredly. The bird's tongue is very long, the edge of the beak is obviously serrated, and there are no whiskers around the base of the beak. The skin on the