Rhinoceros hornbill
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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
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.AVES.34456 - Buceros rhinoceros silvestris Vieillot, 1816 - Bucerotidae - head specimen.jpeg
The skull of B. r. silvestris
- Rhinoceros Hornbill nipping a peanut (24075109683).jpg
Kuala Lumpur 2015
- Rhinoceros hornbill national aviary.jpg
Male at the National Aviary, Pittsburgh. Males have red irises.
- Buceros rhinoceros -Chester Zoo-8a.jpg
Female at Chester Zoo, England
- Buceros rhinoceros silvestris (Rhinoceros Hornbill - Rhinozeros-Hornvogel) - Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2012-01.jpg
Buceros rhinoceros silvestris at Weltvogelpark Walsrode, Germany
- Rhinoceros hornbill at Birdworld 01.jpg
Female at Birdworld, England
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.