Description

Toucan for sale

Toco Toucan for sale

Toucan for sale We have one male and female hand-raised Keel Bill Toucan chick available. Individually. They are both hand-raised, socialized, and DNA tested. Keel-Billed Toucans make a fantastic addition to any educational pro. Due to their large, colorful bills, keel-billed toucans are also known as “rainbow.” They are also called the sulfur-breasted toucans” because they have bright yellow patches on their breast. However, they are not very good fliers and chose to hop amongst the dense leaves in the canopy.

Keel-Billed Toucan Scientific Name

Ramphastos-sulfuratus. This name means “large-yellow beak,” with sulfuratus referencing its sulfur-breasted appearance.

Keel-Billed Toucan Size, Appearance & Behavior

The bill of the keel-billed toucan is over 1/3 of its entire length, anywhere from 42/55cm long.

Keel-Billed Toucan Diet

These birds primarily eat fruit and berries.

Health and Entertainment for your Keel-Billed Toucan

Toucans’ large beaks may be an adaptation to help their defenses as they swing and peck. Another positive transformation of the toucan’s beak allows them to reach for and pluck berries dexterously. Finally, these birds are social animals that nest and flock together in familial groups. They like to playfully sword-fight, fence with their beaks, and toss fruit to one another.

Keel-Billed Toucan Reproduction, Babies, and Lifespan

Toucan for sale These-social birds is monogamous for at least the year they decide to mate, if not subsequent years. In a tree cavity, a female keel-billed toucan will lay anywhere from 2-4 eggs.

Like most birds, they hatch with their eyes closed and no feathers on their body. After 8-9 weeks, the young have solid and developed bills and are ready to leave the nest.

lifespan

Keel-billed toucans can live about 15/20 years.

If you have any information regarding these cute and lovely hand-raised Keel Bill Toucan chicks, please leave us a message or email us.