Bushy-crested hornbill

The bushy-crested hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus) is a bird in the hornbill family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It lives in groups.

Females have a unique nesting behavior in which they stay alone in a mud-covered tree hole during incubation and are fed by other hornbills from outside the nest.

Diet

The bushy-crested hornbill mainly eats fruit: several different species of figs, Indian Mast Tree (Polyalthia lateriflora), Oncosperma horridum, Canarium megalanthum, Canthiumera glabra, Zuccarinia macrophylla, Myristica sp., Horsfieldia sp., champak (Magnolia champaca), Dysoxylum sp., Fibraurea tinctoria, Endocomia macrocoma, and Alseodaphne falcata.

References

1. Bushy-crested
2. List of birds by common name
3. Bucerotiformes
4. Anorrhinus
5. List of hornbills
6. Belum-Temengor
7. Khao Luang
8. List of birds of Asia
9. Khao Lak–Lam Ru National Park
10. Ulu Temburong National Park
11. List of near threatened birds
12. List of birds of Myanmar
13. List of birds of Malaysia
14. List of birds of Thailand
15. List of birds of Sumatra
16. List of birds of Indonesia
17. List of least concern birds
18. List of birds of Brunei
19. Maasai Mara
20. Fauna of South Africa