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A descriptive and morphometric study of the skull of the Ramphastos toco (Aves : Piciformes) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
O estudo de caracteres morfológicos e suas funções biomecânicas na estrutura craniana das aves levanta debates de cunho filogenético, taxonômico e morfofuncional.
Silva, Moira Cerizza Esgalha de Andrade   +4 more
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Genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii isolates obtained from free-living wild birds rescued in Southeastern Brazil

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018
Recent studies carried out in Brazil have shown that strains from the same Toxoplasma gondii genotype can infect humans, domestic animals (dogs and cats) and animals slaughtered for human consumption (pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens), suggesting a ...
W.M.F. Rêgo   +7 more
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Registros de Depredación de Spizaetus ornatus sobre Ara ambiguus, Ramphastos ambiguus, Dasyprocta punctata e Iguana iguana en La Reserva del Hombre y La Biosfera del Río Plátano, Honduras

open access: yes, 2023
We present the first reports of predation by Spizaetus ornatus (Ornate HawkEagle) on Ara ambiguus, Ramphastos ambiguus, Dasyprocta punctata and Iguana iguana in Honduras.
Polisar, John   +2 more
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Estudo descritivo e morfométrico do crânio do Ramphastos toco (Aves: Piciformes) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Dissertação (mestrado) — Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Animal, 2016.O estudo de caracteres morfológicos e suas funções biomecânicas na estrutura craniana das aves levanta ...
Caldas, Sandro Souza
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Gota úrica visceral em tucano toco (Ramphastos toco)

open access: yes, 2013
Birds are uricotelic animals, they excret uric acid as the chief component of nitrogen metabolism, which comes from the feeding or catabolism of corporal tissue. Considered a metabolic pathology, uric gout is characterized by the abnormal accumulation of
Okamoto, Adriano Sakai   +5 more
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Reaparición de una especie que se creía extinta: nuevos registros del tucán grande (Ramphastos toco) en la provincia de Tucumán, Argentina

open access: yesActa Zoológica Lilloana, 2011
El Tucán Grande (Ramphastos toco Statius Müller, 1776) se distribuye en selvas y bosques del Norte Argentino. Es una especie muy buscada como mascota, lo que sumado a la pérdida de hábitat, está provocando su disminución numérica.
Diego Ortiz   +3 more
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Isolation of toxoplasma gondii from the keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) from Costa Rica

open access: yes, 2009
Pectoral muscles from a captive keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) from Costa Rica were fed to a Toxoplasma gondii– free cat, and the cat shed oocysts. Laboratory mice fed these oocysts developed antibodies to T.
Sut, C.   +4 more
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Regulation of Heat Exchange across the Hornbill Beak: Functional Similarities with Toucans?

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Beaks are increasingly recognised as important contributors to avian thermoregulation. Several studies supporting Allen's rule demonstrate how beak size is under strong selection related to latitude and/or air temperature (Ta).
T M F N van de Ven   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rattus rattus (Mammalia: Rodentia) predation by Ramphastos vitellinus (Aves: Ramphastidae) in Santa Teresa Municipality, Espírito Santo, Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) is a frugivorous bird that eventually predates small vertebrates. This note reports a predatory event of one Channel-billed Toucan upon a black rat (Rattus rattus). The bird captured the rat on the ground
Silva, José Nilton da   +1 more
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TOCO TOUCAN (RAMPHASTOS TOCO) PREDATION ON BUFF-NECKED IBIS (THERISTICUS CAUDATUS) NESTS

open access: yes, 2017
∙ Toucans (Ramphastidae) are primarily frugivorous birds that occasionally prey on eggs and nestlings of other birds, often Passeriformes. Here, we report predation events by the Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) on eggs and nestlings of the Buff‐necked Ibis
Batisteli, Augusto Florisvaldo   +2 more
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