Channel Billed Toucan, Peru
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Channel Billed Toucan, Peru
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Toucans are members of the Neotropical near passerine bird family Ramphastidae. The Ramphastidae are most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often-colorful bills. The family includes five genera and over forty different species.
Toucans are arboreal and typically lay 2–21 white eggs in their nests. They make their nests in tree hollows and holes excavated by other animals such as woodpeckers—the toucan bill has very limited use as an excavation tool. When the eggs hatch, the young emerge completely naked, without any down. Toucans are resident breeders and do not migrate. Toucans are usually found in pairs or small flocks. They sometimes fence with their bills and wrestle, which scientists hypothesize they do to establish dominance hierarchies.The channel-billed toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) is a near-passerine bird in the family Ramphastidae found in Trinidad and in tropical South America as far south as southern Brazil and central Bolivia.
Like other toucans, the channel-billed is brightly marked and has a huge bill. It is typically 48 cm (19 in) long with a 9–14 cm (3½-5½ in) bill. It weighs 300–430 g (11–15 oz)
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Comments (23)
Gary F Richards
Excellent composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the LOOK AT ME - BRIGHT AND COLOURFUL BIRDS AND INSECT...contest
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Thank you very much Karen for all the compliments and the likes and faves!
Anita Faye
Venetia, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
William Tasker
Gorgeous bird! Thank you for submitting this wonderful and identified bird image that is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group - L/F
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much William for the kind comments and the feature.