Toucans

The rain forest is full of color, and toucans prove it! These vivid birds flap through the rain forest canopy, using their bills to peel tasty fruit along the way. This bright book takes young readers on a journey through the rain forest biome, where they’ll learn all about how the toucan survives its wild home!

See what the toco toucan has in common with the tropical kingbird. Learn what sets it apart from the rock wren. Readers will compare key traits of toco toucans—their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle—to traits of other birds. Charts and sidebars support key ideas and provide details. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, readers will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes the toco toucan a bird and how birds are alike and different from each other.

This book covers in unmatched detail the life history, relationships, biology, and conservation of all the world's toucans, barbets, and honeyguides. These number 133 species, found in tropical regions around the world. The toucans are especially well-known because of their dramatic bills and their association with the Amazon rainforest. The colour plates, painted by well- known US artist Albert Earl Gilbert, are probably the best paintings of these birds ever produced.

Call out from the treetops of the Amazon rain forest with the toucan! Engaging text and oversized, striking photos invite readers to travel to South America and learn about the toucan's body structure, diet, life cycle, social behavior, habitat, predators, and ways of defense. Simple, labeled maps highlight the animal's home territory. Background information about South America is also given, as well as threats to the toucan's survival. The book closes with a page of kid-friendly facts. Readers are left with a deeper understanding of this amazing, diverse continent and the incredible toucan! Table of contents, glossary with phonetic spellings, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Table of Contents Introduction What is a toucan? What kinds of toucans are there? The history of toucans and humans Toco toucan Yellow-browed toucanet Emerald toucanet Plate-billed mountain toucan Collared aracari Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Some birds are beautiful, such as the blue and gold macaw, the dove, and the peacock; other birds are graceful, such as the different types of swan. The toucan is none of these. It is one of the funniest looking kinds of birds out there, and that includes the kiwi, the ostrich, and the flamingo. A toucan has a huge beak, some of them as long as their body. This New World bird is one fascinating creature, not only for its beak and bright colors, but also for the way it lives and does things. Not all birds are alike, after all.

Toucans are tropical birds. The taco toucan is the most famous toucan. The mascot of a popular breakfast cereal is a taco toucan! Discover more about these beautiful, rainbow-colored birds in All About South American Toucans, one of 30 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each title is beautifully illustrated with large, eye-catching photographs, a map, and glossary.

Is that a flower on the tree, or is it a toco toucan? Sometimes it's hard to tell. The toco toucan's bright colors can be mistaken for a flower growing on a tree, allowing the animal to blend in with its surroundings. Hungry animals fly right by the camouflaged creature, missing out on a tasty meal. Look inside to learn more about the ways these masters of disguise live and stay safe-but keep a close eye on them. If you don't, they might disappear right before your eyes. Book jacket.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces toucans to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--