Few Facts
- The keel-billed Toucan is a South American bird with the most notable characteristic being its huge bill
- It is a poor flyer and mostly moves by hopping around trees
- It is the national bird of Belize
- It's native home is the tropical rainforest.
- It is a very social bird
- It houses a feather-like tongue which catches food and flicks it down its throat
- The beaks is light and hollow with thin rods of bone to support it
- No one actually knows that the toucan's large beak is primarily used for, its speculation is to reach fruit or courtship
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