Rhinoceros Hornbill

Buceros rhinoceros

Family: Hornbills · Status: Very rare visitor · Size: 91–122 cm · Conservation: Vulnerable

Range

Resident in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.

Identification

Adult male has a bright red and yellow upward-curved casque with a black base and bill-casque junction, and pale yellow bill. Body is mostly black with a white lower belly and undertail-coverts, and a white tail with a broad black band across the centre. Eyes are reddish with a blackish eyering. Female is similar to male, but smaller in size, lacks black on casque and bill-casque junction, and has whitish eyes. Juvenile has a less-developed casque, pale blue-grey eyes with blue-grey eyering.

Habitat

Tall primary and secondary forest.

Behaviour

Feeds mainly on figs and other fruit, as well as small animals such as lizards and frogs.