Scientific
Name: Ramphastos toco
Habitat:
Tree dwellers found in eastern and southern Brazil, the Guiana region,
Paraguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina
Diet:
Fruit, seeds, insects, spiders, eggs, nestlings and small animals
Life Span:
Up to 20 years
Reproduction:
The female lays 2 to 4 eggs which hatch after 16 days. It takes several
weeks for the chicks to grow feathers.
Fact:
A roosting Toucan often tucks its bill among its back feathers and folds
its tail up over its body so that it looks like a ball of feathers.
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