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Oriental Pied Hornbill
Anthracoceros albirostris
-8.69914, 114.447
Field Notes
Description:
The oriental pied hornbill's diet includes wild fruit, along with larger insects and small reptiles such as lizards and frogs.
Habitat:
It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Notes:
There were huge fruiting palm trees around the campsite in Alas Purwo national park. One was right beside my tent and hornbills landed on it nearly daily. I was lucky to catch one feeding in it near the end of day.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2014
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