Oriental Pied Hornbill

by NSSB Catalog · Published November 17, 2017 · Updated July 11, 2020

Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque

পাকড়া ধনেশ / কাউ ধনেশ

Anthracoceros albirostris

রাজ্য / Kingdom:	Animalia
বর্গ / Order:	Bucerotiformes
পরিবার / Family:	Bucerotidae
গন / Genus:	Anthracoceros
প্রজাতি / Species:	A. albirostris

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Showkat Shuvro

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Showkat Shuvro

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Mofazzal Hoque Dewan

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Mofazzal Hoque Dewan

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Mofazzal Hoque Dewan

: Oriental Pied Hornbill, Photo: Asif Ishtiaque

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Description

It’s a black and white hornbill with a whitish yellow bill and helmet. It’s body is black with white belly,facial patch, wing and tail edges. Sexes are alike, males have larger helmet.

It mainly feeds on wild fruits like figs, berries, palm fruit, papaya, large insects, small birds, small reptiles, frogs, fish etc.

They are found throughout Indian Subcontinent and southeast Asia.

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