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word fits them – toucans are amazing animals. Their shape, brilliant coloring, and tropical quintessence make them one of the most popular animals for the tropical forests of the Americas and one most visitors want to see. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that the logos of several conservation organizations and tour companies feature toucans. The toucan family, Ramphastidae, is classified with the woodpeckers, and contains about 40 species – the toucans and other animals in this family; all are restricted to the American tropics. Six species occur in Costa Rica.
The Toucans live in the canopy of the South American rainforest. It lives mostly in Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia, Venesuala, and the three Guyanas.
The first sighting of toucans in the wild is always exhilarating – the large size of the bird, the bright colors, the enormous, almost cartoonish bill. Toucans are usually first noticed flying from treetop to treetop in small groups. The bird’s most distinguishing feature – its colorful, large bill – is actually light, mostly hollow, and used for mainly, eating.
Tocans are omnivores, eating both plants and meat. It eats fruits and berries from trees, as well as nuts it finds. The Toucan also feeds on smaller birds than itself, as well as lizards climbing on trees.
This beautiful animal is becoming more and more threatened every day these animals are being killed by habitat reduction. We are destroying their habitat and as a person I plan to help stop the reduction of Toucans in South America.
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