© 2006 Gamini Ratnavira ...Science Art-Birds

Title: New Beginnings
Species: Channel-billed Toucans (Ramphastos vitellinus)
Artist: Gamini Ratnavira (for further information, click on the artist's name)
Image size: 20" x 30"
Media: acrylic on canvas
Date: 2006
Collection of the artist

The artist notes: "These beautiful South American toucans are fun to depict and their habitat is breathtaking. The Chanel-billed Toucan is at risk to habitat loss and degradation. The influx of people--and thus the felling of rain forest trees, road construction, irrigation projects and the use of pesticides--causes their fragile environment to decline."