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Photo by Laurence Poh
Note nest hole (female inside).

Anthracoceros albirostris

[edit] Identification

75 cm. Black and white hornbill, large yellow-white casque, white patch under the eye, white lower belly, thighs, and undertail coverts, white tips to flight feathers and white outer tail feathers. Iris-dark brown; naked skin around eye and gular skin-white; bill and casque yellow-white with black spots on base of lower mandible and front of casque; feet-black.

[edit] Distribution

N India, S China, SE Asia, Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Borneo.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open habitat such as forest edge, clearings and secondary forest.

[edit] Behaviour

Its diet includes insects more than fruit.

The incubating females are sealed into tree hole nests with mud, leaving only a small aperture through which food can be passed by the male. When the young are hatched the female breaks out but reseals the nest entrance again until the young are ready to leave.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages