Keel-billed Toucan vs Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha

Ramphastos sulfuratus comparado com Buteo jamaicensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Keel-billed Toucan Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha
Nome científico Ramphastos sulfuratus Buteo jamaicensis
Ordem Piciformes Accipitriformes
Família Ramphastidae Accipitridae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento 50,0 cm (19.7 in) 53,0 cm (20.9 in)
Envergadura 56,0 cm (22.0 in) 124,0 cm (48.8 in)
Peso 400,0 g (14.11 oz) 1080,0 g (38.10 oz)
Dieta Primarily fruit, supplemented with insects, lizards, eggs, and nestlings. Uses its long bill to reach … Small to medium mammals, especially voles, mice, and rabbits. Also takes birds, reptiles, and large …
Tamanho da postura 1-4 2-4
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Keel-billed Toucan 50,0 cm
Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha 53,0 cm
Envergadura
Keel-billed Toucan 56,0 cm
Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha 124,0 cm
Peso
Keel-billed Toucan 400,0 g
Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha 1080,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Keel-billed Toucan only

Nenhum

Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha only

Keel-billed Toucan

Tropical and subtropical lowland rainforests and forest edges from sea level to about 1,900 meters.

Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha

Open country with scattered elevated perches such as trees, poles, and cliffs. Adaptable to farmland, grasslands, roadsides, and suburban areas.

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Song & Call Comparison

Keel-billed Toucan

Canto

Produces a repeated frog-like croaking 'prrrek-prrrek' or 'terrio-terrio'. Not melodic; the call resembles a mechanical rattle or frog. Also gives bill-clattering.

Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha

Canto

Iconic, raspy descending scream: 'kreeeeee-ar', often used in films for all raptors. Gives short barking 'kak' notes near nest. Juveniles beg with persistent squealing whistles.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Keel-billed Toucan

Southern Mexico through Central America to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.

Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha

North America from Alaska to Panama, including the Caribbean. One of the most common raptors in North America.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Keel-billed Toucan

Least Concern

Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha

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How to Tell Them Apart

Keel-billed Toucan

Plumagem

Black body with a bright yellow throat and chest. Red undertail coverts. The enormous bill is green with orange sides, a blue patch, and a red tip.

Bico

Enormous, lightweight, multicolored bill up to 15 cm long — green, orange, blue, and red

Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha

Plumagem

Variable plumage from pale to dark morphs. Most adults have rich brown upperparts, a pale breast with a dark belly band, and the characteristic rufous-red tail.

Bico

Dark hooked bill with a yellow cere

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About These Birds

Keel-billed Toucan

O tucano-de-bico-quilhado é o tucano nacional de Belize, com bico multicolorido espetacular em verde, vermelho e amarelo, habitando florestas tropicais da América Central.

Búteo-de-cauda-vermelha

The red-tailed hawk is the most widespread and common hawk in North America. Its screaming cry is so iconic that it is often dubbed over bald eagle footage in films and television. These adaptable raptors thrive in human-altered landscapes and are a familiar sight perched along highways.

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