Toco Toucans: Big-Billed Tropical Birds

Toco Toucans: Big-Billed Tropical Birds — page 1 — For Yana my lovable bird lover Copyright 2016 by Lerner Publishing Group Inc All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information look up this title at www lernerbooks com Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of iStockphoto com edurivero p 1 Panoramic Images Getty Images p 4 iStockphoto com JackF p 5 iStockphoto com Global_Pics p 6 iStockphoto com scanrail p 7 iStockphoto com Detanan p 8 left 11 17 left Frans Lanting Mint Images Getty Images p 8 right iStockphoto com pchoui p 9 top Moment Open Getty Images p 9 bottom Roberta Olenick All Canada Photos Getty Images p 10 Alan Murphy Minden Pictures Getty Images p 11 right 14 Laura Westlund Independent Picture Service p 12 Steve Winter National Geographic Getty Images p 13 top Colombini Medeiros Fabio Animals Animals Earth Scenes p 13 bottom Pete Oxford Minden Pictures CORBIS p 15 Altrendo Nature Getty Images p 16 Glenn Bartley Minden Pictures Getty Images p 17 right Nature Picture Library Alamy p 18 Panoramic Images Getty Images p 19 top Luiz Antonio da Silva Shutterstock com p 19 bottom Kichigin Shutterstock com p 20 LorraineHudgins Shutterstock com p 21 Michael Crowley Moment Getty Images p 22 Brian Lasenby Shutterstock com p 23 right Haroldo Pablo Jr NHPA Photoshot Newscom pp 23 left 25 Art Wolfe Getty Images p 24 Jim Zipp Science Source Getty Images p 26 Marigo Luiz Claudio Animals Animals Earth Scenes p 27 left Gary Mszaros Getty Images p 27 right Image Source Getty Images p 28 Martin Harvey Getty Images p 29 Front cover iStockphoto com Denja1 Back cover Luiz C Ribeiro Shutterstock com Main body text set in Calvert MT Std 12 18 Typeface provided by Monotype Typography Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data pages cm Comparing animal traits Waxman Laura Hamilton author Toco toucans big-billed tropical birds Laura Hamilton Waxman Audience Ages 7 10 Audience K to grade 3 ISBN 978-1-4677-9636-1 eb pdf 1 Toucans Juvenile literature I Title Includes bibliographical references ISBN 978-1-4677-9510-4 lb alk paper ISBN 978-1-4677-9635-4 pb alk paper QL696 P57W39 2016 598 7’2 dc23 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 BP 12 31 15 2015017439

Toco Toucans: Big-Billed Tropical Birds — page 2 — OF CONTENTS 4 ion Introduct Chapter 1 TABLE MEET THE TOCO TOUCAN WHAT DO TOCO TOUCANS LOOK LIKE WHERE DO TOCO TOUCANS LIVE Chapter 2 Chapter 3 TOCO TOUCANS THE LIFE CYCLE OF A TOCO TOUCAN Chapter 4 IN ACTION Chart 6 12 18 24 30 31 32 32 32 t Toco Toucan Trai Glossary Selected Bibl Further Index Informat iography ion

Toco Toucans: Big-Billed Tropical Birds — page 3 — INTRODUCTION MEET THE TOCO TOUCAN A toco toucan hops from branch to branch at the edge of a tropical forest Toco toucans are a kind of bird Other kinds of animals you might know are insects reptiles amphibians mammals and fish Toco toucans can ﬂ y for only short distances 4

Toco Toucans: Big-Billed Tropical Birds — page 4 — All birds share common traits For example they are all warm-blooded That means they make their own body heat and keep a steady temperature All birds are vertebrates or animals with backbones They all have a beak and feathers and lay hard-shelled eggs Toco toucans share these traits with other birds But some features set this bird apart 5

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