Birds
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Woodpecker Species
Picoides: Found primarily in North America. The plumage of most are predominantly black and white, brown and white in some southern species, with the male often having a red (or…
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Grey-breasted Mountain-toucans
The Grey-breasted Mountain-toucans (Andigena hypoglauca) is a toucan found in humid highland forests in the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Two subspecies have been identified – the nominate…
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Blue-throated Toucanets
The Blue-throated Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) is found in the mountain cloud forests of Costa Rica and western Panama – with an altitudinal range from 2,500 ft (762m) to 7,600 ft (2316m)…
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Angel Wing
Angel Wing or Slipped Wing is a disease that primarily affects waterfowl. This condition is more commonly observed in swans and geese, and is to a lesser extent reported in…
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Toucans Diet
A Toucans natural diet consists primarily of a wide range of different fruits; thus they play an extremely important ecological role as vectors for seed dispersal of fruiting trees. Toucans…
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Black-throated Munias
The Black-throated Munias or Jerdon’s Mannikin (Lonchura kelaarti) is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in the hills of southwest India, the Eastern Ghats…
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Keel-billed Toucans
The Keel-billed Toucans (Ramphastos sulfuratus) are also known as Sulfur-breasted> Toucans or Rainbow-billed Toucans. These colorful South American toucans have distinctive oversized, multi-colored bills for which they were named. Even…
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