Highnose

Hignoses are an order of birds that closely resemble a conglomerate of different birds such as motmots, jacamars, hornbills or toucans. Their classification remains unknown, so they are put in their own order. They have zygodactyl feet, like Piciformes.

Taxonomy
They are placed in their own order because of the strangeness of their features.

Species
Taxonomic order is based on Travis et al. 2012.

The Coracoides are nicknamed "roller-like highnoses" and the Galbuloides are nicknamed the "jacamar-like highnoses". However, the Robert's may belong in Coracoides since its colouration is similar to the Lilac-breasted Roller.

Anatomy
All of the species have bony crests, or casques, on their bills. They resemble those of the hornbills, however; they are less hollow than hornbill's. They have zygodactyl feet like Psittaciformes or Piciformes. They range from 5" to 15", depending on the species, sex and age. Their colouration resembles those of rollers or jacamars. Some have racquets on their tails like motmots.

The vision of the highnoses are known to be just as good as a bird of prey's - the function is unknown; however, Travis suspects it is for spotting insects amongst leaves and bark. They have binocular vision. Their ears are located on the sides of the head, like in most birds. They also have more taste buds than most birds their size.

Diet
They have feed on many invertebrates such as crickets, grasshoppers, dragonflies, mayflies, wasps, bees, bumblebees, beetles, moths, butterflies, millipedes, centipedes, pillbugs, cockroaches, cicadas, mosquitoes and mantids.

Behaviour
Flight speed has been recorded at 35 mph when chasing insects. They are not known to hover or soar.