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Birds
Toucanets
Toucanets are small and relatively short-billed toucans that belong to the toucan family, Ramphastidae. They are distantly related to woodpeckers. They occur naturally in the tropical rain forests of Latin…
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Birds
Lazuli Buntings
The Lazuli Buntings (Passerina amoena) – also known as Blue Linnets or Lazuli Painted Finches – are colorful North American songbirds that resemble the Western Bluebird – both in size…
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Birds
Parrotfinches Captive Breeding
These energetic little finches are always on the move and they need plenty of flight space. A good aviary dimension would be 8ft. long x 7ft. wide. However, an aviary…
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Birds
Black-mandibled Toucans
The Black-mandibled Toucans (Ramphastos ambiguus) can be found in the north of South America.[ez-toc] They occur along the eastern slope of the Andes from Peru, north through Ecuador and Colombia,…
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Birds
Hill Mynas
Hill Mynas are endemic to tropical southern Asia from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia, and the Common Hill Myna, a popular cage bird, has been introduced to…
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Toucan Captive Breeding
The active toucans require large, planted flights. Aracaris are generally docile and can be kept with smaller birds — but not birds so small that they could be considered as…
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Red-necked Aracaris
The Red-necked Aracari (Pteroglossus bitorquatus) is a South American aracari that is native to Bolivia and Brazil, where it occurs south-east Amazon Basin and eastwards to the Atlantic coast on Marajó Island and the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Its range stretches…
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