Keel-Billed Toucan Skull Replica or Green Billed Toucan Skull Replica measures 8.4 inches. Green Billed Toucan Skull is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw).
The Keel-billed toucan, also known as sulfur-breasted toucan, keel toucan, or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize.
The species is found in tropical jungles from southern Mexico to Ecuador.
The Keel-billed toucan or Green Billed Toucan is a large bird with mostly black plumage and a very large multi-colored bill.
It has red and white coverts under and on top of its tail, green skin around the eyes and lore (the area between the eyes and the bill), a yellow face and throat, and blue legs.
They feed mostly on fruits but are also known to eat insects, lizards, tree frogs and even eggs. They consume their food by grasping it with their bill and quickly flipping it up into the air and catching it in their mouths.
The Keel-billed toucan can be found from Southern Mexico to Venezuela and Colombia.
It roosts in the canopies of tropical, subtropical, and lowland rainforests, up to altitudes of 6,200 ft. It roosts in holes in trees, often with several other toucans.
Adult Keel-billed toucans or Green Billed Toucans are preyed upon by large carnivorous birds such as hawks. Young toucans and eggs are threatened by weasels, snakes, and monkeys.
Although the Keel-billed Toucan remains fairly common in much of its range, habitat loss poses a persistent threat to many populations.
This bird is captured for the pet trade and is sometimes still hunted for its meat and colorful feathers.
