About the Wreathed Hornbill
The wreathed hornbill is an Old World tropical bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae, also called bar-pouched wreathed hornbill due to its distinctive blue-black band on its lower throat sac. It is named after its characteristic long, curved bill that develops ridges, or wreaths, on the casque of the upper mandible in adults. Males are black with a rufous crown, a white upper breast and face, and a yellow featherless throat. Females are uniformly black with a blue throat and are slightly smaller than males.
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The wreathed hornbill is black with black legs and feet, but has a pale yellow bill, bare reddish skin around the eyes, a black band around the gular skin and a white tail. The female's gular skin is blue, whereas the male's is bright yellow; his neck is white and his nape dark reddish passing into black. Sexual dimorphism in the colouration of plumage and inflatable gular skin is less pronounced in young wreathed hornbills, but becomes more apparent as both sexes mature. It is a medium-sized bird with a body length of 75 to 90 cm (30 to 35 in); adult males weigh from 1.68 to 3.65 kg (3. Voice: The main call of the wreathed hornbill is a loud double yelp that has been described to sound like "coo-cuk" or "wuff-wurff". This call is short and typically repeated in a sequence of three or more from a perching position or during flight. The second part of the call is higher pitched and louder than the first and can be heard from farther distances.
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Where the Wreathed Hornbill lives
When to see the Wreathed Hornbill
Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Blyth's HornbillRhyticeros plicatusUp to 91 cm (36 in) in length, the adult male has mainly black plumage with a golden or orange-buff head, white throat and a white tail.
Knobbed HornbillRhyticeros cassidixThis is a large black hornbill with a yellow bill, white tail feathers, pale blue skin around eye, blackish feet and bare dark blue throat.
Plain-pouched HornbillRhyticeros subruficollisThe plain-pouched hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.
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