Wreathed+Hornbill

Joel Cosby **Wreathed Hornbill **   The Wreathed Hornbill is mostly a large, black, brown and white bird. They are mainly arboreal birds with long heavy bills. They are mostly found in Africa and Tropical Asia. The Wreathed Hornbill eats insects and fruit. There are ten species of hornbill in Sumatra, eight in Borneo, and three in Java. The male and female Hornbills have different physical features, and are further differentiated by their unique color schemes. Males have creamy heads with reddish plumes and naked yellow gular pouchs, adorned with distinct black stripes. Females have black heads and necks, and blue gular pouchs. 

**3 Fun Facts **   The hornbill’s perch is a repeated barking using an inflatable throat and jerking the bill up with each note.   The name hornbill comes from the tubular protuberance on the upper mandible of both male/female in many of the species of Hornbills.   After laying three white eggs, the female seals herself in the nest chamber with mud, leaving a slit that just admits the male’s beak.

 <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">The wreathed hornbill has a large range in Southeast Asia, including Bali and Java. When these birds reproduce the female is sealed in a tree cavity with packed mud or clay. They leave a small opening where the male can pass food to the female. When the eggs hatch, the male brings food to them all. When ready to fledge the mother and young birds use their beaks to break out. The wreathed hornbill's call sounds like a dogs double yelp. Although these birds eat mainly fruit, they are really omnivores and will also eat small bats, reptiles, and insects. Although wreathed hornbills don't usually breed well in captivity, our Zoo has been very successful breeding this species. In the exhibit you can see the simulated nest cavity that the birds use just like they would in the wild. <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> http://www.oaklandzoo.org/Animals/Birds/Malayan-Wreathed-Hornbill/ http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/wildlife/center/semeng/hbill/wrhorn.htm