Hornbills

Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) male perched above the nest cavity, getting ready to regurgitate fruits to pass to the female and chick inside. The female is inside the dark opening visible on the left side of frame in the broken off branch. Helmeted Hornbill nest HH 22. Budo-Sungai Padi National Park Narathiwat Province Thailand
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) Male feeding on fruits of strangler fig Ficus dubia Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary Narathiwat Province, Thailand
This is a Great Hornbill perched in the rain forest canopy in Thailand’s Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary. It was on its way to visiting a fruiting fig tree, and paused on this branch and briefly scratch and preen before going to the fig to feed.
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) Male feeding on fruits of strangler fig Ficus dubia Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary Narathiwat Province, Thailand
Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) male arrives at nest tree with wings spread for landing. The female is inside the dark opening visible on the left side of frame in the broken off branch. Helmeted Hornbill nest HH 22. Budo-Sungai Padi National Park Narathiwat Province Thailand
A male Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) flies over the rainforest canopy in Thailand carrying a fig in his bill, on his way to deliver food to his mate in their nest. Budo-Sungai Padi National Park Narathiwat Province Thailand
Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) male perched above the nest cavity, passing figs to the female and chick inside the nest cavity. Budo-Sungai Padi National Park Narathiwat Province Thailand
Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) male landing above the nest cavity and about to regurgitate fruits to pass to the female, whose beak is visible inside the nest cavity. Budo-Sungai Padi National Park Narathiwat Province Thailand
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) Pair perched in canopy, appearing to look at eachother. Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary Narathiwat Province, Thailand
Helmeted Hornbill pair checking out a potential nest cavity in Borneo. Male perched above, and female just landing at nest entrance. West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Chinese style carvings. Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) materials held at the National Fish & Wildlife Forensic Center in Ashland, Oregon.
Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) materials held at the National Fish & Wildlife Forensic Center in Ashland, Oregon.
An Iban hunter displays some of his hornbill trophies in his house in Kapuas Ulu area of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Island of Borneo. Species displayed: Full skin of Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus); Skull and casque of Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros); Casque of a young Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil), which traders would not buy because it only weighed 40 grams, and the minimum is 70 grams. This young bird’s casque is too thin to carve.