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chicks. When the chicks hatch, they have no feathers, and have their eyes closed for approximately 3 weeks. The chicks have adequately formed heel pads, which assist on the pit-covered bottom of the nest. The chicks stay in their nest for approximately eight to nine weeks while their bills develop fully and they are ready to fledge from the nest.
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of tropical, subtropical, and lowland rainforests, up to altitudes of 1,900 m (6,200 ft). It roosts in holes in trees, often with several other toucans. This can be very cramped, so the birds tuck their tails and beaks under their bodies to keep their body temperature at a normal level
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1006:Audio recordings of Keel-billed toucan
1733:IUCN Red List near threatened species
904:Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
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348:Ramphastos sulfuratus brevicarinatus
543:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
278:family. It is the national bird of
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988:Keel-billed toucan species account
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972:Keel-billed toucan photo gallery
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532:BirdLife International (2021).
1753:Birds of the Yucatán Peninsula
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1303:Grey-breasted mountain toucan
950:"Rainbow-billed Toucan media"
664:Skutch, Alexander F. (1971).
595:"Government of Belize Portal"
1318:Black-billed mountain toucan
1308:Plate-billed mountain toucan
974:at VIREO (Drexel University)
842:Foster, Mercedes S. (2007).
641:IOC World Bird List Datasets
747:Van Tyne, Josselyn (1929).
500:(an iron storage disease).
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1788:National symbols of Belize
794:(1): 38–51. Archived from
1798:Taxa named by René Lesson
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994:Interactive range map of
963:Keel-billed toucan Stamps
861:10.1017/S0959270906000554
751:Ramphastos brevicarinatus
637:"IOC World Bird List 6.4"
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955:Internet Bird Collection
397:Distribution and habitat
286:Taxonomy and systematics
1793:Birds described in 1830
1249:(dichromatic toucanets)
1189:Brown-mandibled aracari
1137:Crimson-rumped toucanet
1117:Black-throated toucanet
1112:White-throated toucanet
806:(Better map and photos)
711:. Anywherecostarica.com
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1375:Yellow-throated toucan
1350:Citron-throated toucan
1313:Hooded mountain toucan
1219:Pale-mandibled aracari
1199:Chestnut-eared aracari
1162:(aracaris or araçaris)
1142:Yellow-browed toucanet
1122:Groove-billed toucanet
1107:Blue-throated toucanet
264:sulfur-breasted toucan
18:Ramphastos sulphuratus
1710:Ramphastos-sulfuratus
1666:Paleobiology Database
1453:Ramphastos_sulfuratus
1439:Ramphastos sulfuratus
1409:Ramphastos sulfuratus
1370:White-throated toucan
1345:Channel-billed toucan
1271:Tawny-tufted toucanet
1256:Yellow-eared toucanet
1214:Stripe-billed aracari
996:Ramphastos sulfuratus
819:Ramphastos sulfuratus
536:Ramphastos sulfuratus
410:Behaviour and ecology
272:rainbow-billed toucan
259:Ramphastos sulfuratus
215:Ramphastos sulfuratus
1281:Spot-billed toucanet
1229:Curl-crested aracari
1224:Fiery-billed aracari
1194:Black-necked aracari
1184:Ivory-billed aracari
1147:Blue-banded toucanet
877:Cymbopetalum mayanum
817:"Keel-Billed Toucan
570:"Appendices | CITES"
1773:Birds of Costa Rica
1340:Red-breasted toucan
1204:Many-banded aracari
650:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4
486:in Peten, Guatemala
59:Conservation status
35:Keel-billed toucan
1768:Birds of Nicaragua
1763:Birds of Guatemala
1360:Keel-billed toucan
1296:(mountain toucans)
1179:Red-necked aracari
1001:IUCN Red List maps
471:Wodyetia bifurcata
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197:R. sulfuratus
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