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Wildlife - Hornbill
Length:75-100 cm.
Weight:Males 1.8-3.65 kg.
Females 1.36-2.7 kg.

Wreathed Hornbill

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Description:

The wreathed hornbill, also known as the bar-pouched wreathed hornbill, is around 75-100 cm in length. Males weigh from 1.8 – 3.65 kg while females weigh from 1.36 – 2.7 kg. Both sexes are similar to the respective sexes of the closely related plain-pouched hornbill, but the wreathed hornbill can be recognized by the dark bar on the lower throat. They have black backs, wings and belly. Males have a creamy head with reddish plume from the nape and a naked yellow gular pouch with a distinct black stripe. Females are distinguished by a black head and neck and blue gular pouch. They are listed as ‘Least Concern’ by IUCN Red List.

Did you know...?

…that the wreathed hornbill has a call with three notes that sounds like oek-uk-uk and is repeated several times?

Diet:
The wreathed hornbill is an omnivore but is highly frugivorous, mainly feeding on berries, drupes, capsular fruits of primary forests and figs. In their breeding season, they also have been known to feed on beetles and fresh water / land crabs.

Habitat:
They are found in forests from far north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sundas in Indonesia, except Sulawesi.

Reproduction

The Wreathed Hornbill is monogamous like other hornbills. For their reproductive behavior, the male will seal the female into a nest cavity where she lays the eggs, incubates and rears them. During this period, she and the chicks are totally dependent on the male who brings the food to the nest and feeds her through a slit in the nest wall.

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