Toco Toucans

Toco Toucans are the largest of all the toucans. There are 40 different types of toucans. How you tell different toucan apart are there bills because they all have different colors of their bill.

Toco toucans are the largest of the toucans. They have a great big bill their bill measures 15.8 to 23 cm long. The bill is yellow-orange and reddish-orange with a black base and a large black spot on the tip. They have a black body with a white throat, chest and upper tail. They also have a red undertail. Toco toucans have thin blue skin around their eye surrounded by a ring of bare orange skin. Toco toucans tongue is as long as their bill just flat. Their body is 55-65 cm long and weigh from 5 to 8.7kg. The average weight of a male is 7.2kg and the smaller females average weight is 5.7kg. Their wingspan is 22 to 26 cm and their tail is 14.1 to 17.9cm. Juveniles are shorter billed than adults. Toco Toucans voice is very deep and they have a ratting call.

Toco toucans reproduction is annual. Nesting is seasonal and the time differs between regans. Females lay 2-4 eggs a few days after mating, the nest are placed high in trees and in holes in earth banks. The eggs hatch after 17-18 days, toucans are very protective of them and their chicks.

Toco Toucans pluck their food from trees. They eat insects, frogs, small reptiles, even small birds and their eggs plus there is much more that they eat. The most common thing that they eat is fruit. Toco toucans use their big bill to eat small animals easily.

Toco Toucans live in Northern and Eastern Bolivia, Southeast Peru, Northern Argentina and many more places. Toco Toucans are Native to South America. Toco Toucan enters open amazon areas. They have a range of habitats including tropical forests and savannas.

Toco Toucans are not endangered. There are still 50000 toucans. Toco Toucans live for approximately 20 years.  Toco toucans are typically common so they are least concern to BirdLIfe international.  

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