Other Names (World)
Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill, Sri Lankan Grey-Hornbill, Sri Lankan Gray-Hornbill, Ceylon Grey-Hornbill, Ceylon Gray-Hornbill, Sri Lanka Grey-Hornbill
Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros) [XC301963]
by Peter Boesman from Kegalle, Kegalle, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (call)
Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros gingalensis) [XC304326]
by Craig Robson from Kegalle, Kegalle, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (call)
Nest
In a natural cavity of a large tree.
Eggs (Guide)
Female is sealed into nest and fed by male and other helpers.
Clutch Size: 1 - 4
Color: white
Incubation: by female
Subspecies
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus), or are often treated as conspecific, but differences in bare-part colours and in some aspects of behaviour and morphology suggest better treated as separate species.