Great hornbill | 台北市立動物園資訊網

TheGreatHornbill(Bucerosbicornis)alsoknownastheconcave-casquedhornbill,greatIndianhornbillorgreatpiedhornbill,isoneofthelargermembersofthehornbillfamily.ItisfoundintheIndiansubcontinentandSoutheastAsia....thegreath

Bird species

The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. It occurs in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is predominantly frugivorous, but also preys on small mammals, reptiles and birds. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2018. It is known to have lived for nearly 50 years in captivity. Due to its large size and colour, it is important in many tribal cultures and rituals. The Government of Kerala declared it as the official Kerala state bird.

The great hornbill was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the rhinoceros hornbill in the genus Buceros and coined the binomial name Buceros bicornis....