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The keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan, keel toucan, or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize. [3] The species is found in tropical jungles from southern Mexico to Ecuador.
The keel-billed toucan is the national bird of Belize. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Belize. Belize includes around 450 smaller cays and islands lying in the Caribbean Sea in addition to the mainland. The avifauna of Belize included a total of 621 species as of May 2023, according to Bird Checklists of the World. [1]
Citron-throated toucan. R. citreolaemus [l] Gould, 1844: Northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela LC Unknown [33] Choco toucan. R. brevis Meyer de Schauensee, 1945: Northwestern Colombia to southwestern Ecuador LC Unknown [34] Keel-billed toucan. R. sulfuratus Lesson, R. P., 1830
The researchers sequenced several nuclear and mitochondrial genes from 40 toucan species, representing all recognized subgenera within the genus Ramphastos. The study found that toucans could be divided into six distinct clades, each with different bill morphologies and geographic distributions.
Flag of Belize; List of Belizean flags; K. Keel-billed toucan; L. Land of the Free (anthem) P. Prosthechea cochleata; S. Swietenia macrophylla
The keel-billed toucan is native to Belize.. Belize is a country with a rich variety of wildlife, due to its unique position between North and South America, and a wide range of climates and habitats for plant and animal life. [1]
New video and photographs purporting to show ivory-billed woodpeckers flying in a Louisiana forest were published by researchers on Thursday, as government officials said they will make a final ...
A keel-billed toucan, the national bird of Belize. After declaring independence in 1981, Belize enacted the Wildlife Protection Act, [1] which is the main source of wildlife law in Belize. Wildlife in Belize is defined as any undomesticated mammal, reptile or bird, amphibian, and any egg, nest or part or product thereof.