Female © Marc Languy
Male © Markus Lilje
Female © Charles Davies
Male © Charles Davies
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Male © Peter Kaestner
Female © Marc Languy

Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata

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Identification

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Huge, spectacular, mostly black hornbill. Males have a large cream-and-white bill, and females a much smaller horn-colored one. In flight, shows a mostly white tail with a black center. Found in lowland rainforest, forest edge, and gallery forest. Usually in pairs or small groups of up to a dozen. The loud calls are surprisingly high-pitched yelps and honks that are often given in a quick series, higher and less rasping than similar calls of Black-casqued Hornbill. Similar to Black-casqued Hornbill in appearance, but male separated by the yellow casque, female by the paler bill and neck, and both sexes by the completely white outer tail feathers.

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