Among birds, the beak is their pecking tool, so there is a huge sharp beak, which is very important for birds, this time to meet a toucan, the mouth accounts for a large proportion of the body size, is the bird's large-billed monster - tuǒ kōng.
First, the big mouth of the partridge
The partridge is mainly distributed in the tropical forests of South America, especially in the Amazon estuary, the partridge is also called a toucan, because its beak is particularly large, the body length of the bird is about 67 cm, and the beak of the bird is 17 to 24 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, resembling a mouth knife.
The beak of the bird is huge, but also the color is particularly bright, more colorful than the feathers, the beak has a variety of colors, the upper half is yellow, slightly pale green, the lower half is azure blue, the beak tip is dotted with a little red, the highest ornamental value of the bird is this bright beak.
Second, the beak of the bird does not have the effect of a work of art
Among birds, the helmeted hornbilly is made of various crafts because its beak and skull are solid and delicate, resulting in a large number of hunting of the helmeted hornbill, and its population has been included in the list of extremely endangered protected species.
The beak of the bird is very large and the color is very beautiful, but the beak of the bird is a shell on the outside, and the inside is a spongy tissue, which is very hollow, and it is estimated that an adult toucan mouth weighs only about thirty grams, so that the beak of the bird does not have a work of art and does not have collectible value.
3. The activities of the partridge
Toucan in the tropical forests of South America, relative to other birds, is also a bird with an advantage, with a large size, and a large mouth, it is easy to drive away other birds, but also often occupy the nest of woodpeckers or large egrets, and even directly steal the nest of birds, chicks, etc. In the diet, toucans mainly feed on fruits, seeds, insects, eggs and chicks.
In the origin of the partridge, in the Amazon estuary, the population trend is relatively stable, and the population is not in crisis for the time being. In the tropical forests of South America, there is not only one species of toucan, there are 6 genera and 34 kinds of toucans, such as toucans, green toucans, black-billed mountain toucans, black-billed toucans, etc. Each toucan, the color of its beak is different, with bright colors!
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