Stats

Lifespan: Up to 35 yrs
Size: Large
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Southeast Asia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Armor
Status: Vulnerable

About

A large hornbill of Southeast Asian rainforests, instantly recognisable by the bright orange-red upturned casque perched atop its massive bill. During nesting the female seals herself inside a hollow tree with mud and droppings, leaving only a narrow slit through which the male feeds her for the entire incubation period.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2.
hatchling
A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Buceros
Species: Buceros rhinoceros