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Indian grey hornbill

Ocyceros birostris

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Grey as its name suggests. The beak is spectacular. Males have a prominent protuberance on it.

Habitat:

Loves fruit trees. Nests in hollows of tree trunks.

Notes:

Chicks obediently duck and hide inside the hollow if parents sound a warning call from outside the nest.

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Indian Grey Hornbill

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