Basic Information
Scientific classification
- Chinese name: Orange Toucan
- Scientific name: Orange-faced Toucan, Pteroglossus baillon, Saffron toucanet
- Classification: Climbing birds
- Family and genus: Toucanidae, order Toucanidae, genus Toucan
Vital signs data
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- Weight: No verification information available.
- Lifespan: No verification data available.
Significant features
Distribution and Habitat
The Orange Toucan is found in South America (including Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands).
Appearance
The Orange Toucan resembles a hornbill in appearance, with a very large but lighter beak. The beak has serrated edges and is about one-third the length of its body. The front half of the beak is yellowish-green, while the back half is red with blue interspersed. Its forehead, ear feathers, chest, and belly are yellow, the area around its eyes and rump is red, and its nape, back, shoulders, wings, and tail are yellowish-green. Its iris is bright yellow.
Despite its large size, the toucan's beak weighs less than 30 grams. Its beak structure is unique; it's not a dense solid but rather a thin shell with fine fibers running through it, forming a porous, sponge-like tissue filled with air. Therefore, it feels no pressure whatsoever.
Detailed introduction
The orange toucan, scientifically known as *Pteroglossus baillon*, is a medium-sized climbing bird.
The Orange Toucan is a gregarious bird that prefers to perch in the treetops; it is also one of the noisiest forest birds, capable of producing loud rumbling sounds, horn-like calls, and piercing screeches. Its nest is built high in tree cavities. When eating, it first pecks at its food with the tip of its beak, then tilts its neck back, tosses the food upwards, and then opens its large beak to accurately swallow the food, avoiding the time spent "swallowing" through its long beak. The Orange Toucan is omnivorous, feeding on fruits, seeds, and insects, and sometimes raids nests of smaller birds, eating eggs and chicks.
The orange toucan nests in tree cavities. It lays 2 to 4 eggs at a time. The smooth, white eggs are laid in the unlined cavities and hatch in about 16 days. The chicks are naked and take at least 3 weeks to open their eyes. They begin to live their own lives about 45 days after hatching.
Listed as Near Threatened (NT) in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 ver 3.1.
It is listed in Appendix III of the 2019 edition of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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