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Male, a variant with white/greyish supercillium
Photo by TSWong
Tawau, Sabah, September 2006

Anthracoceros malayanus

[edit] Identification

76cm
Black plumage, horn shaped bill often topped by a large casque.
Females have blackish bills and reddish facial skin

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

[edit] Taxonomy

Female
Photo by kctsang
Kinabatangan River, Sabah, May 2009

Monotypic^[1]

Subspecies deminutus is usually considered invalid^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Lowland forest.

[edit] Behaviour

Juvenile
Photo by MountainMan
Similajau National Park, Bintulu, East Malaysia, October 2005

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruit, grasshoppers, locusts, small reptiles and amphibians.

[edit] Vocalisation

Not as noisy as the other Hornbills

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. London Zoo
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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