Grey-breasted Mountain-Toucan

• It is one of the highest-living toucans in the world: it is found above 3,000 metres, among mist-shrouded forests and temperatures that drop below ten degrees.
• Its enormous bill works as a radiator: in a cold environment it can reduce the blood flow so as not to lose heat, the opposite of what lowland toucans do to cool down.
• It is an important disperser of large seeds in the Andean cloud forest, and its disappearance from a stand translates into poorer regeneration of several tree species.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Montane cloud forest of the Andes, between 2,100 and 3,400 metres

Sexual maturity

2 years

Gestation / incubation

16 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andigena_hypoglauca

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.