#Bucerotidae

[herpsandbirds]

Rufous Hornbill or Kalaw (Buceros hydrocorax), chick, family Bucerotidae, order Bucerotiformes, Sierra Madre, Philippines

As a species they are considered “Vulnerable”, but is considered Critically Endangered in parts of its range.

photograph by Dahlia Lara

[snototter]

A great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) perches in a tree in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand

by praveen pandian

[birdblues]

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

[birding-with-tortoise]

Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus)

Sighted at Goa, India

[fullfrontalbirds]

Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus)

© Doug Gochfeld

[critter-captures]

Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) (female), family Bucerotidae (hornbills)

A species with mild sexual dimorphism, males and females can be told apart by their eyes, the skin around their eyes, and the underside of the casque on their head. Females have pale blueish eyes with pink skin around them, while males have red eyes with black skin. Females also have red on the back of the casque, while males have black on the underside of the casque, both front and back.

Avifauna, taken July 2024

[podartists]

Doppelhornvogel, Dichoceros bicornis | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

[travelella]

Red-billed Hornbill - Memphis Zoo, Prentiss Place, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Common Name: Red-billed hornbill

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

Genus Species: Tockus erythrorhynchus

These birds can be found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabw

The red-bill lives in open savanna, woodland and thorn scrub in sub-Saharan Africa. It is an omnivore, eating fruit, insects and small animals. Hornbills are named because the shape of their bill reminded early people of cattle horns.

[saritawolf]

Knobbed Hornbill (female) (Rhyticeros cassidix) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[featheredfreinds]

Flight to 2023 Great Hornbill Happy New Year - by Vaishakh Manohar

Nelliyampathy, Kerala with Shobi Vdm For more pictures : https://instagram.com/vaishakh.manohar

[herpsandbirds]

Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis), male, EAT A TASTY FRUIT!!!, family Bucerotidae, order Bucerotiformes, India

photograph by Ashish Inamdar

[snototter]

A southern red billed hornbill (Tockus rufirostris) preens itself in Kruger National Park, South Africa

by Sumarie Slabber

[birdblues]

Great Hornbill

[birding-with-tortoise]

Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus)

Sighted at Goa, India

[fullfrontalbirds]

Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus)

© Stephen Davies

[critter-captures]

Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) (male), family Bucerotidae (hornbills)

Like many birds, the wreathed hornbill has a nictitating membrane: a third eyelid which blinks sideways, used to protect and moisten the eye (see third picture).

While male wreathed hornbills are brightly colored, females are much plainer in appearance. Their plumage is uniformly black, lacking the white and rufous markings of the male, and their throats are blue.

Ouwehands Dierenpark, taken June 2024