The Keel-billed Toucans came to feed at Laguna del Lagarto's banana feeders every day.
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Keel-billed Toucan
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Keel-billed Toucan
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Cachín even came into the breakfast table to be fed bananas.
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This is the Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, the other large Costa Rican toucan.
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The other regular visitor to the feeders was the Collared Aracari, a smaller toucan, often found in groups. These guys are almost well-disguised among the bananas.
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This aracari was perched near the restaurant of Pedacito de Cielo lodge.
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Beautiful belly of the Collared Aracari
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At Dúrika, on the other side of the Continental Divide, we found the Fiery-billed Aracari.
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The Fiery-billed is a close cousin of the Collared, separated by the mountain range that forms the backbone of Costa Rica. They likely evolved from a single species during a period of population isolation, possibly due to glaciers.
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We had a brief glimpse of the elusive Emerald Toucanet at Dúrika.
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