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Female great hornbill Hornbills are birds in the families Bucerotidae and Bucorvidae. There are currently 62 extant species of hornbills recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union, two in Bucorvidae and 60 in Bucerotidae. Many species of fossil hornbills are known from the Miocene onwards; however, their exact number and taxonomy are unsettled due to ongoing discoveries. Conventions ...
Narcondam hornbill: Narcondam Rhyticeros subruficollis: Plain-pouched hornbill: southern Myanmar, adjacent parts of western Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia Rhyticeros undulatus: Wreathed hornbill: north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sundas in Indonesia Rhyticeros everetti ...
The eastern long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus cassini) is a species of bird in the hornbill family Bucerotidae found in humid forests of West Africa. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill ( Horizocerus albocristatus ) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".
Recent genetic data show that ground hornbills and Bycanistes form a clade outside the rest of the hornbill lineage. [6] They are thought to represent an early African lineage, while the rest of Bucerotiformes evolved in Asia.
Close-Up of Southern Ground Hornbill. This is a large bird, at 90 to 129 cm (2 ft 11 in to 4 ft 3 in) long. Females weigh 2.2 to 4.6 kilograms (4.9 to 10.1 lb), while the larger males weigh 3.5 to 6.2 kilograms (7.7 to 13.7 lb).
Hornbills in the genus Buceros include some of the largest arboreal hornbills in the world, with the largest being the great hornbill.All the hornbills in this genus have a large and hollow bony casque on their upper beak that can be useful to scientists and bird watchers to recognise their age, sex and species.
The Indian grey hornbill is a medium-sized hornbill, measuring around 61 cm (24 in) in length. [3] The upper parts are greyish brown and there is a slight trace of a pale supercilium. The ear coverts are darker. The flight feathers of the wing are dark brown with a whitish tip. The tail has a white tip and a dark subterminal band.
The southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) is a hornbill found in southern Africa. Yellow-billed hornbills feed mainly on the ground, where they forage for seeds, small insects, spiders and scorpions. This hornbill species is a common and widespread resident of dry thornveldt and broad-leafed woodlands.