Black hornbill
| Black hornbill | |
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| Male at London Zoo, England | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Anthracoceros |
| Species: | A. malayanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthracoceros malayanus (Raffles, 1822)
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The black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) is a species of bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae. It lives in Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.
The Black-casqued Hornbill has a selectiveness towards the environment and resources when it comes to reproduction. It is a lowland specialist.[3] This organism will only start breeding and nesting when there is a large supply of fruits available, and in trees of larger size. When there are limited resources available, and may curtail nesting for years when there is a low availability of fruits(4). It is the major seed disperser for Durio graveolens, a species of durian.[4] The connection is strong enough to reflect in some of the common names for the fruit: The Kenyah and Dayak peoples call it durian anggang (lit. 'hornbill durian'),[5] and in Malay it is called durian burong/durian burung[6] (lit. 'durian bird').[5] It also has a role in seed disbursement for Vitex pinnata.[7]
It is known to fly for hours at a time.[3]
It is threatened by hunting and habitat loss.[3]
Diet
It is a frugivore, eating a wide range of fruits—over 50 species. It most commonly feeds on figs and Vitex pinnata;[7] its diet includes Sterculia cordata and Durio graveolens.[3]
Description
The male has a yellowish bill while the female has a dark grey bill.
References
- . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ ISSN 1883-6283.
- S2CID 82212472.
- ^ OCLC 4142407. Retrieved 10 November 2017.)
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- ^ ISSN 1755-1307.
- Stauffer, Donald J.; Smith, Thomas B. (2004). "Breeding and nest site characteristics of the Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata and White-thighed Hornbill Ceratogymna cylindricus in south-central Cameroon". Ostrich. 75 (3): 79–88. S2CID 76654062.
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