Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus)

Other Names (World)
Malabar Pied Hornbill, Malabar Pied-Hornbill, Pied-Hornbill(!), Indian Pied-Hornbill

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
65 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Open moist broadleaf deciduous and evergreen forests, especially in hilly country.

Range (Guide)

India (B), Sri Lanka (B).

Western Ghats, eastern India and Sri Lanka.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Degradation and fragmentation of forest habitat is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fruit, fish and small mammals.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) [XC166252]
by Andrew Mascarenhas from Aldona, North Goa, Goa, India (call, song)

Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) [XC123003]
by Andrew Mascarenhas from Pofali, Maharashtra, India (call)

Nest
In a cavity of a tree.

Eggs (Guide)
2 - 3; white. Incubation: by female. Female sealed into nest and fed by male.

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) and Palawan Hornbill (Anthracoceros marchei). Was long confused with Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris), with complex synonymy of both scientific and vernacular names; the two were considered conspecific, but now recognized as two distinct species, differing in size and in several aspects of morphology (including colour of bare throat skin) and behaviour, and overlapping in range without interbreeding. Subspecies convexus of Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) sometimes placed erroneously within present species.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) - 10 files

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