Female © Snehasis Sinha
Male and female © Frank Thierfelder
Male © Tony Byrne
Male © Robert Gowan
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Female © Tom Wheatley

Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus

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Identification

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A large and stately hornbill of expansive montane forests. Both sexes are black with snow-white tails. The male has a yellow face and throat patch, while the female has a red patch of skin around the eye and a blue throat patch. Usually seen in pairs or medium-sized flocks, flying between fruiting trees. Usually the only hornbill in highland areas. Gives loud hoarse trumpeting croaks, often while in flight. As with many other large hornbills, wings create a powerful thrumming when flying.

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