Plain-pouched Hornbill (Rhyticeros subruficollis)

Other Scientific Names
Rhyticeros subruficollis

Other Names (World)
Plain-pouched Hornbill, Plain-pouched Wreathed Hornbill, Blyth's Hornbill(!), Blyth's Wreathed Hornbill, Burmese Hornbill, Tenasserim Hornbill

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
76 - 89.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1843)

Habitat
Mixed deciduous, dry and humid evergreen forests, mainly in the lowlands, but also hills. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Thailand (B).

Southern Myanmar and western and southern Thailand, and recently confirmed northern Peninsular Malaysia; reports from farther southern (to Sumatra) unconfirmed.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly fruit. Also invertebrates and small vertebrates.

Voice
A loud 'keh-kek-kehk'. Higher-pitched, and more quacking than Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus).

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Plain-pouched Hornbill (Rhyticeros subruficollis) [XC48293]
by Seow Boon Eu from Temengor, Perak., Malaysia (flight call)

Plain-pouched Hornbill (Rhyticeros subruficollis) [XC682651]
by Thet Zaw Naing from Tanintharyi (near Chaung-nauk-pyan), Myeik, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar (flight call)

Subspecies
Sometimes thought to form a superspecies with Papuan Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus). Has in past been considered conspecific with Papuan Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) or with Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus), but differs from both in size, bill morphology and bare-part colours.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) which has a larger, longer, corrugated bill, less peaked casque with fewer dark ridges, and blackish streak on gular pouch.

References
See References.

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