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Great
Hornbill (Great Indian Hornbill)
Buceros bicornis
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 Appearance
The largest of hornbill species
in Thailand, male and female look similar except male
has ruby red eyes, female have white. Loud calling
in the morning and evening (kahang…kahang) |
Description
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Regions
south west of India, Myanmar
,Thailand except middle and south east, found in Khao
Yai National Park and Tarutao Island in Resident in
virgin forest of high level, in small group, breeding
season, will stay in a couple, like jumping during
feeding and loud call the whoosh of its wingbeats |
Diet
banana, payaya, small animals
such as leptile by hitting with the tree and bite.
After throwing the victim in the air and bite again
for food. |
Breeding
Breeding in winter to summer,
lay 2 eggs each time in the hollow of the tree, female
will decorate the hollow, male will collects as much
food as it can, swallow it, and theny return to it
mate, and regurgitate the meal into her mouth. The
female inability to leave her young . She seals herself
inside the hollow of the tree usign her own feces
(males help with the process from the outside), and
stays there until her young are born |
 Status
Wildlife Protection of Thailand,
Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act 1992 |
Conservation Status
LOWER RISK / Near Threatened
(See explanation to IUCN
Red List Categories) |
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