TOUCANS IN COSTA RICA, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: San Josecito, Heredia, Costa Rica, South America
- Source: Explore Birds Bats Bees
- Info: Live streaming webcam showing toucans in Costa Rica. The toucans shown are at the Toucan Rescue Ranch near downtown San Josecito. Inside the aviary, there are both keel-billed and chestnut-mandibled toucans.
More info: The Toucan Rescue Ranch rescues, rehabilitates and releases Costa Rican wildlife as well as focusing on conservation.
Toucans are easily recognised by their large colourful bill which in some species measures more than half the length of the body. Despite its size, the toucan's bill is very light, being made up of bone struts filled with spongy tissue of keratin. The beak allows the toucan to reach deep into tree-holes to access food unavailable to other irds, and also to ransack suspended nests built by smaller birds.
Toucans are highly social and most species occur in groups of up to 20 or more birds for most of their time.