The keel billed toucan. In order to ensure that there is enough space for them all the keel billed toucan group all sleep with their beak and tail tucked under their body to create more room for the other birds. It has red and white coverts under and on top of its tail green skin around the eyes and lore the area between the eyes and the bill a yellow face and throat and blue legs. Even though these beaks appear large and cumbersome they are actually very light yet strong as they are made out of spongy and hollow bones that are covered in keratin a light protein that also makes up human hair and finger nails.
It is the national bird of belize. The keel billed toucan is native to the jungles of south america where it lives in holes in the trees often with several other keel billed toucan individuals. The keel billed toucan is crepuscular meaning that it is most active during dawn and dusk.
These colorful south american toucans have distinctive oversized multi colored bills for which they were named. The keel billed toucan is a social species seen in canopy foraging flocks of six to 22 individuals. The keel billed toucan is a large bird with mostly black plumage and a very large multi colored bill.
Several toucans often share the same small space fitting inside by tucking their bills beneath their wings and their tails over their backs. The keel billed toucans ramphastos sulfuratus are also known as sulfur breastedgt. The keel billed toucan ramphastos sulfuratus also known as sulfur breasted toucan or rainbow billed toucan is a colorful latin american member of the toucan family.
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