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  2. Toco toucan beak - Wikipedia

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    The toucan beak has a network of superficial blood vessels that support the rhamphotheca, the horny sheath of the bill. [7] The toucan is able to dilate or enlarge the beak's blood vessels when temperatures rise above a thermal neutral zone to allow for blood to pass readily into the beak, allowing for heat exchange and cooling.

  3. Collared aracari - Wikipedia

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    Like other toucans, the collared aracari is brightly marked and has a large bill. Adults are 38 to 41 cm (15 to 16 in) long and weigh 175 to 250 g (6.2 to 8.8 oz). Males and females have the same coloration of the bill and plumage but the female's bill is shorter than the male's. The three subspecies' bills are alike.

  4. Toco toucan - Wikipedia

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    Toco toucans mainly feed on fleshy fruits, but also supplement their diets with insects, eggs, and the nestlings of other birds. They will eat any available sugar-rich fruits, and show a high level of variation in their diet depending on the surrounding habitat. Breeding is seasonal, with the timing of the breeding season differing between regions.

  5. Toucan - Wikipedia

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    Toucans (/ ˈ t uː k æ n /, UK: /-k ə n /) are Neotropical birds in the family Ramphastidae. The Ramphastidae are most closely related to the Toucan barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and over 40 different species. Toucans are arboreal and typically lay two to four white ...

  6. Piciformes - Wikipedia

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    They range in size from the rufous piculet at 8 centimetres in length, and weighing 7 grams, to the toco toucan, at 63 centimetres long, and weighing 680 grams. [1] All nest in cavities and have altricial young.

  7. Spring is a time for foraging. What to know about bagging and ...

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    Cardoons are another reliable wild food. What our family calls cardoons are burdock, you know, the big, elephant-eared plant that produces the burrs that were the inspiration for Velcro.

  8. Aracari - Wikipedia

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    An aracari or araçari (US: / ˌ ɑːr ə ˈ s ɑːr i / AR-ə-SAR-ee, [1] UK: / ˌ ær ə ˈ s ɑːr i / ARR-ə-SAR-ee, /-ˈ k ɑːr i /-⁠ KAR-ee) [2] is any of the medium-sized toucans that, together with the saffron toucanet, make up the genus Pteroglossus. They are brightly plumaged and have enormous, contrastingly patterned bills.

  9. Yellow-throated toucan - Wikipedia

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    Most of the data on the yellow-throated toucan's diet and foraging behavior are from studies of the wide-ranging R. a. swainsonii. It is primarily a fruit eater, with small amounts of animal matter such as insects and other arthropods, small lizards, and the eggs and young of other birds. Most of the animal matter is apparently fed to nestlings.