Rhinoceros hornbill
A pair in Singapore zoo
The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) is one of the largest hornbills: adults are about the size of a swan. It lives in parts of Malaya and Thailand.
It usually wanders in the forest, where it lives, in search of fruits and nuts to eat. Hornbills use their big bills to open the tough husks of nuts and to handle large fruit.[1]
Rhinoceros Hornbill Media
The skull of B. r. silvestris
Kuala Lumpur 2015
Male at the National Aviary, Pittsburgh. Males have red irises.
Female at Chester Zoo, England
Buceros rhinoceros silvestris at Weltvogelpark Walsrode, Germany
Female at Birdworld, England
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References
- ↑ Edward S. Brinkley (2000). Creatures of the air and sea. Singapore: Reader's Digest Children's Books. pp. 36, 3 7. ISBN 0-7944-0353-0.