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Colorful fruit eater

Colorful fruit eater

Chestnut-mandibled toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii)

If you have some bananas, water melons or papayas maturing in your garden, you will def...
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Chestnut-mandibled toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii)

If you have some bananas, water melons or papayas maturing in your garden, you will definitely see one or several species of toucan eating until there is no more.

Many hand out fruits in their garden to attract them to behold their beauty.
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NIKON D5

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1800 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 7000/10

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Costa Rica

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Jan, 2019

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