Keel-billed Toucan vs Northern Fulmar

Ramphastos sulfuratus so với Fulmarus glacialis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Keel-billed Toucan Northern Fulmar
Tên Khoa Học Ramphastos sulfuratus Fulmarus glacialis
Bộ Piciformes Procellariiformes
Họ Ramphastidae Procellariidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài 50,0 cm (19.7 in) 47,0 cm (18.5 in)
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 56,0 cm (22.0 in) 107,0 cm (42.1 in)
Khối Lượng 400,0 g (14.11 oz) 750,0 g (26.46 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Primarily fruit, supplemented with insects, lizards, eggs, and nestlings. Uses its long bill to reach … Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving.
Số Trứng 1-4 1
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Keel-billed Toucan 50,0 cm
Northern Fulmar 47,0 cm
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh
Keel-billed Toucan 56,0 cm
Northern Fulmar 107,0 cm
Khối Lượng
Keel-billed Toucan 400,0 g
Northern Fulmar 750,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Không

Keel-billed Toucan only

Northern Fulmar only

Không

Keel-billed Toucan

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

Northern Fulmar

Open ocean and sea cliffs. Breeds on cliff ledges and grassy slopes on northern coastlines. Pelagic outside breeding season.

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Song & Call Comparison

Keel-billed Toucan

Tiếng Hót

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.

Northern Fulmar

Tiếng Hót

A nasal, cackling 'kak-kak-kak-kak' or grunting 'uh-uh-uh' at the nest and colony. Less melodic than petrels. In flight gives occasional single nasal calls.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Keel-billed Toucan

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

Northern Fulmar

North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Breeds from the Arctic south to Britain, France, and New England.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Keel-billed Toucan

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Keel-billed Toucan

Bộ Lông

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.

Mỏ

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

Northern Fulmar

Bộ Lông

Light morph: white head and underparts with grey wings and back. Dark morph: entirely grey. Tube-nosed bill and stiff-winged flight distinctive at sea.

Mỏ

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

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About These Birds

Keel-billed Toucan

The keel-billed toucan is the national bird of Belize and one of the most recognizable birds in the Neotropics. Its oversized bill, which can be a third of its body length, is actually very light due to its hollow honeycomb structure. Toucans roost communally, with up to six adults squeezing into a single tree cavity.

Northern Fulmar

The northern fulmar is a long-lived seabird that can survive over 40 years. It defends its nest by projectile-vomiting a foul-smelling stomach oil at intruders, which can mat the feathers of predators and cause fatal loss of waterproofing. Fulmars have expanded their breeding range dramatically southward over the past two centuries.

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