White-crowned Hornbill (Berenicornis comatus)

Other Scientific Names
Berenicornis comatus

Other Names (World)
White-crowned Hornbill, White-crested Hornbill, Long-crested Hornbill

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
90 - 101 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Raffles, 1822)

Habitat
Primary semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, secondary woodland and plantations with adjacent primary forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Thailand (B).

Southern Myanmar and southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo; recently recorded in south-western Cambodia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction due to illegal logging and conversion to agriculture, forest fires are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (43)...)

White-crowned Hornbill (Berenicornis comatus) [XC877573]
by David Edwards from Perlis (near Kaki Bukit), Perlis, Malaysia (song)

White-crowned Hornbill (Berenicornis comatus) [XC858109]
by id from The Gap, Selangor, Malaysia (duet, song)

Subspecies
Thought by some to be closely related to Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), which is sometimes included in present genus, but plumage and voice markedly distinct within context of family.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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