Toco Toucan:

Genus: Pamphastos

Species: Toco

   The Toco Toucan is the largest of the toucans. It can grow up to about 24 to 26 inches in lenght. Its beaks is filled with bright orange and black and can get up to 8 inches long. The Toco Toucan weighs about 10 to 17 ounces. The Toucan's beaks has a hard outside and a hollow inside. They have a bight blue patch around there eye. The Toco Toucan feet and toes are strong so it can support its weight. Two of there toes point forward and two point backwards. Its tongue is some what like a feather and is about six inches long. Its wings are short and round. It also has a long broad tail. Its mostly black with a couple of white, scarlet and yellow spots. Toucans breed once a year and have two to four shiny white eggs. The Toco Toucan nestlings are born without feathers and are blind. Both parents care for their babies and protect and feed them till about seven weeks. Toucans usally live in groups called flocks. They live in nests that are holes in the trees. They talk to each other using toad like noises. They also take turns cleaning each other's feathers with their beaks. They eat fruit seeds, insects and spiders.  The Toco Toucan is a predator. It hunts lizards and snakes and steals eggs and nestlings from smaller birds. The Toco toucan is not endangered because it's able to adapt to man made habitats when the rain forests are destroyed.