Birds in the Amazon Rainforest
Some birds in the Amazon Rainforest include Parrots, Blue and Yellow Macaw, Red and Green Macaw, Harpy Eagle, Scarlet Macaw, Humming Bird, Scale Crested Pigmy-tyrant, Green Macaw, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Chesnut, Collared Arcuri, Hyancinth Macaw, Keel billed Toucan, Kingbirds
Toucan:
English Name: Toucan
Scientific Name: Ramphastidae
Length: Average 60cm
Weight: 400g
Life span: Around 20 years
Description: The Toucan has a black body and a white chest. Some of the Toucans have blue around there eyes. The Toucan has quite a long tongue, it is nearly as long as the beak! The feathers of a Toucan can be a combination of black, blue, green, yellow and red. The Toucans beak has a sharp beak with saw like edges.
Diet: The diet of a Toucan is fruit (mostly the flesh) , berries and seeds. But small lizards and small birds are also digested. The Toucan also eats insects.
Predators: The predators of the Toucan are Jaguars and other big cats. These animals are natural predators to the Toucan.
Adaptation: The Toucans adapt easily to pretty much any surrounding because of their colour, beak and their ability to adapt easily.
Habitat: The Toucans are often seen at night in the high dense canopy of the rainforest.
Facts:
Toucan:
English Name: Toucan
Scientific Name: Ramphastidae
Length: Average 60cm
Weight: 400g
Life span: Around 20 years
Description: The Toucan has a black body and a white chest. Some of the Toucans have blue around there eyes. The Toucan has quite a long tongue, it is nearly as long as the beak! The feathers of a Toucan can be a combination of black, blue, green, yellow and red. The Toucans beak has a sharp beak with saw like edges.
Diet: The diet of a Toucan is fruit (mostly the flesh) , berries and seeds. But small lizards and small birds are also digested. The Toucan also eats insects.
Predators: The predators of the Toucan are Jaguars and other big cats. These animals are natural predators to the Toucan.
Adaptation: The Toucans adapt easily to pretty much any surrounding because of their colour, beak and their ability to adapt easily.
Habitat: The Toucans are often seen at night in the high dense canopy of the rainforest.
Facts:
- The Toucan lives in flocks of 5-6.
- There are 40 different kinds of the Toucan.