Birds
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Toucan Facts
Tucana is a constellation in the southern sky. Several types of aircraft are named after the toucan. Many indigenous peoples consider toucans as conduits between the living and the…
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Toucan-barbets
Toucan Barbets (genus Semnornis) occur naturally in the Neotropics (Central and South America). Description The Semnornis barbets are colorful and fairly large barbets, measuring between 18 – 21 cm. Behavior…
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Toucan Species
Aracaris (Ramphastidae) – Softbills Andean Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta) Black-billed Mountain-toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) Black-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus) Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) Channel-bill(ed) Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan…
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Crested Mynas
The Crested Mynas (Acridotheres cristatellus) is endemic to southeastern China and Indochina. Around 1890, the Crested Myna was successfully introduced into the Vancouver region of British Columbia, reaching a population…
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Ventilation Holes for Nest Boxes
Below article courtesy of Richard Poole and Christine Brown Longwood, FL Wild Bird Nesting Boxes Current directions for construction of nest boxes state that ventilation holes should be inserted in…
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Ivory-billed Aracaris
The Ivory-billed Aracaris (Pteroglossus azara) is a South American Aracari that is found in the lowlands of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil at elevations of 300 meters and west into the lower elevations…
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Common Hill Mynas
The Common Hill Mynas (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled “mynah” and formerly simply known as “Hill Myna”, is the myna bird most commonly seen in aviculture, where it is often simply…
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