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Toco Toucan
Ramphastos toco
-21.5953, -46.8873
Field Notes
Description:
This Toucan possibly touched his beak on a eletric grid, which caused the deformity. A person found it fallen and brought it to the zoo to be careful. Now, it has learned to adptar its beak and uses normally, but possibly, it not survive in nature in these conditions.
"Toco Toucans" are very loud communicators with various means of sound production. Their repertoire consists of deep, course croaking that is repeated on a consistent basis. A rattling call is also a common form of conversation in this species. Besides vocal communication, they use bill-clacking as a form of auditory communication. Like all birds, "Toco Toucans" perceive their environment through visual, auditory, tactile, and chemical stimuli. In Brazil, also known how "Tucanuçu" and "tucanaçu", that come from Tupi "tukanu'su", that means "Big Tucan".
Habitat:
They are native to the countries of Argentina, Peru, French Guiana, Bolivia, Paraguay, Suriname, and Brazil. Regions such as woodland, savanna, plantations, and other regions that consist of scattered trees.
Notes:
This specimen is of the zoo in my city, "Ilha de São Pedro" ("St. Peter Island")
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