About the Austen's Brown Hornbill
Austen's brown hornbill, also known as the white-throated brown hornbill or brown hornbill, is a medium-sized species of hornbill found in forests from northeastern India to Vietnam and northern Thailand. It is rare throughout its range and is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.
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Austen's brown hornbill has dark brown upperparts (back, wings, and tail) with a lighter-coloured belly, cheeks, and throat. It has a white-tipped tail and wings and has blue-coloured bare skin around the eyes. The species is sexually dimorphic. The bill and casque are ivory white in females and cream-coloured in males. Females have a grey-brown throat, belly, and cheeks, whereas males have a whitish throat and cheeks with a reddish belly. The female also has a yellow wash below the eye. Voice: Austen's brown hornbill is a noisy bird. It makes loud screams, croaks, chisels, low cackles, squeals, and a nasal "ank-ank-ank" call. It sounds similar to the Malabar pied hornbill and the bushy-crested hornbill but less harsh. It often does noisy contact calling when feeding.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Cambodia.
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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