hornbill

Hornbill

Balcony Biodiversity 2.0.5 We had a special Balcony visitor today ... First such visit by an immature ... Indian Gray Hornbill ... must have fledged ... not long ago ... He first sat on the balcony then shifted to the street light on the divider ... Image taken through two bars (red...

I spotted this magnificent bird on my last walk around Taiping's Lake Gardens, before starting the return trip to Perth.

I'd like to say this shot was carefully planned and executed over several days, but of course it was quite fortuitous. Staying for one night at a fabulous new Hotel up in the hills above Gondar. The Hornbill was 'sitting pretty' right in front of my room when I woke and looked out to see the...

Both the Rhinoceros Hornbill & Oriental Pied Hornbill fed on the same tree.

It was a young member of the family which was feeding on the tree.

Endangered species

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

African Grey Hornbill

Male. Subspecies convexus.

We are used to seeing the Yellow-billed Hornbill in the Northern Cape, but I hadn't seen an African Grey Hornbill until we were in Namibia, where they were a common sight

Spotted while on a visit to Samburu National Park, Kenya in October. (Male)

The male was passing food into the female in the nest hollow

He had the female boarded up in the hole below and was flying down past us, picking up fooed then passing it to her through the opening,

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Female. Status undetermined in Singapore to date.

Female. Ssp convexus. Uncommon resident breeder of Singapore.

Southern Ground-Hornbill