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This is a large black hornbill with a yellow bill, white tail feathers, pale blue skin around eye, blackish feet and bare dark blue throat. The male has rufous/buff face and neck, orange-red eyes, and a high red casque on the top of his bill. The female has a black face and neck, a yellow casque, and brownish eyes.
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When to see the Knobbed Hornbill
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Knobbed Hornbill
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Knobbed Hornbill
The knobbed hornbill, also known as Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill, is a colourful hornbill native to Indonesia. The species is sometimes placed in the genus Aceros. The knobbed hornbill is the faunal symbol of South Sulawesi province.
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Easily confused with
Plain-pouched HornbillRhyticeros subruficollisThe plain-pouched hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.
Narcondam HornbillRhyticeros narcondamiThe Narcondam hornbill is a small hornbill at 66 cm (26 in) long.
Sumba HornbillRhyticeros everettiIt is a medium-sized, blackish hornbill, approximately 70 cm long.
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