Oriental Pied Hornbill
Oriental Pied Hornbill | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Bucerotidae |
Genus: | Anthracoceros |
Species: | A. albirostris |
Binomial name | |
Anthracoceros albirostris (Shaw & Nodder, 1807) |
The Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Nepal,
Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Nepal,
Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The Oriental Pied Hornbill's diet includes wild fruit (esp. figs, genus Ficus) and other fruit such as rambutans, along with small reptiles such as lizards and frogs, and larger insects.
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