Great Hornbill
Buceros bicornis
Aves
VULNERABLE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 35-50 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Pair
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- South and Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Vulnerable
About
The Great Hornbill of South and Southeast Asian forests is unmistakable for the large hollow casque crowning its enormous bill, which amplifies its booming calls across the canopy. During nesting, the female seals herself inside a tree cavity and depends entirely on the male to pass food through a narrow slit for months.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
- 2.hatchlingA naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Bucerotidae
- Genus
- Buceros
- Species
- Buceros bicornis