What is a toucans diet. However the vast majority of their diet consists of fruit. They eat everything from frogs and insects to lizards and small birds. Pellets should make up about 50 of their diet the other half being fresh fruits.
However when the opportunity arises they sometimes prey on small animals or eggs. Earlier in this article we spoke about monitoring the levels of iron in a toucans diet because theyre prone to accumulating iron in the liver. Toco toucan reproduction cycle is annual.
Toucan bill and diet both male and female toucans possess large colorful bills. Captive toucans have been reported to hunt insects actively in their cages and it is possible to keep toucans on an insect only diet. While each species is different most toucans primarily eat fruit which makes them frugivores.
Toucans are primarily frugivorous fruit eating but are opportunistically omnivorous and will take prey such as insects smaller birds and small lizards. The toucans stomach is small which is why the food is discarded as waste so quickly after being ingested. Their exact purpose isnt clear though theyre believed to play a role in the courthship ritual and in self defense.
The toco toucan eats mainly fruit using its beak however they will also occasionally eat insects reptiles and bird eggs. They should be fed plenty of fresh fruits such as papayas cantaloupes and other melons berries grapes apples and bananas. Members of the toucan family are thriving on a diet of high quality low iron pellets and fresh fruits.