toucans

TOUCANS
The toucans is at home in South America's tropical forests but recognized everywhere. The toucan's oversized, colorful bill has made it one of the world's most popular birds.
The bill maybe (19-centimeter-long) seen as a desirable mating trait, it is one that both male and female toucans possess. In fact, both sexes use their bills to catch tasty morsels and pitch them to one anotherduring a mating ritual fruit toss.
But the toucan's bill is useful as a feeding tool. The birds use them to reach fruit on branches that are too small to support their weight, and also to skin theirpickings. In addition to fruit, toucans eat insects and, sometimes, young birds, eggs, or lizards.
The toucans live in small flocks of about six birds. Their bright colors actually provide goodcamouflage in the dappled light of the rain forest canopy. However, the birds commonly keep up a racket of vocalization, which suggests that they are not trying to remain hidden.
Toucans nest in treeholes. They usually have two to four eggs each year, which both parents care for. Young toucans do not have a large bill at birth—it grows as they develop and does not become full size for severalmonths.
These iconic birds are very popular pets, and many are captured to supply demand for this trade. They are also familiar commercial mascots known for hawking stout, cereal, and other products.Indigenous peoples regard the bird with a more sacred eye; they are traditionally seen as conduits between the worlds of the living and the spirits.



TUCANES.
El tucán habita en los bosquestropicales de América, pero reconocido en todas partes. Los tucanes son de gran tamaño y cuenta con un gran colorido que lo ha convertido en una de las aves mas populares del mundo.
El pico puede ser de 19centimetros de largo , visto como un rasgo deseable de apareamiento, ambos tucanes tanto macho y hembra lo poseen. De hecho, ambos sexos usan sus picos para atrapar sabrosos bocados y lanzarse fruta...