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Babies Toucan For Sale nests are hard to find because they are often high up in tree cavities in forests. Toucans can be shy birds, especially around the nest and so try not to draw attention to the location but when alarmed they will leave the nest and fly to a perch and make loud calls. Toucans will use natural cavities in trees or old nests made by woodpeckers in trees as their beaks are not strong enough to dig out a cavity of their own.

Toucans will clean the nest out and have been observe taking green leaves in and then removing them again. They will then disgorge large fruit seeds and pits through their mouths, like owl pellets, onto the cavity floor. These large seeds and pits then line the bottom of the nest and toucan eggs are laid directly on these.

Toucans will often use the same nest each year as nest cavities are in short supply and to ensure they keep those nests a breeding pair of toucans will often arrive 6 weeks before breeding time to take up residence in the nest.
Toucan Breeding Habits

Toucans are monogamous birds, meaning they only have one mate. When the breeding season starts mating pairs of toucans will feed each other fruit. The breeding season for toucans is March to October and they may raise two broods during this time.

Toucans often live in family groups as small flocks and may remain together for a long time. During the breeding season pairs of birds may leave the group before rejoining after the baby toucans have fledged.
Toucan eggs

Toucans will usually lay between 1 -4 eggs that are around 1.5 inches long (4 cm).
Toucan eggs are white and may have pitted groves on the sides, especially at the large end.
Toucans lay one egg a day and incubation may not start until the last egg is laid so the chicks are all born on the same day, but some toucans will start incubating immediately.
Both male and female toucans incubate the eggs for about 14 – 20 days.
The baby toucan uses its beak to break through the egg’s membrane during hatching and immediately start calling. Once hatched the adult toucans remove the old eggshells.
6-18 weeks old females and males kookaburras