Keel-billed Toucan
From southern Mexico through Central
America to Colombia and Venezuela
...numbers declining in Panama.
Ramphastos sulfuratus
(L 17-22" includes 5-6" bill
Wt 13-18 oz)
Jordanal
El Valle
12Oct2016
Country Inn
Panama City
15Oct2016
National bird of Belize
Ramphastos in Greek
means
augmented beak;
sulfuratus in Latin means
sulphurated, i.e., yellow.
Just how few can
Ride the toucan?
Two can.
(Shel Silverstein)
© David L. Ross,
Jr. - Cornell
Ornithology
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