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The Rhinoceros Hornbill: A Beautiful Bird of Southeast Asia
They are cavity nesters, which means that they find a hole in a tree and turn that into a nest. Unlike other cavity-dwellers like woodpeckers and many ducks, the female Rhinoceros Hornbill almost ...
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Poached for Its Horn, This Rare Bird Struggles to Survive
When a nest is chosen, the female is sealed in ... of a wreathed hornbill (at right), the skull and casque of a rhinoceros hornbill (top), and the casque and two tail feathers of a helmeted ...
Tamil Nadu launches hornbill conservation initiative to protect threatened species in Western Ghats
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has launched “Hornbill Conservation Initiative” to safeguarde the habitats of four ...
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Capturing a privileged view of lockdown life
It wasn’t until the prospect of filming inside a wild hornbill's nest was raised that I realised how difficult this was going to be. In the dense and sprawling forests of Borneo finding a ...
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Taiping council to take short-term measure to save fallen raintree, protect hornbill nest
On Feb 14, when the 140-year-old raintree fell due to heavy rain and strong winds, Taiping Zoo and Night Safari staff members had come together to save the hornbill’s nest by temporarily ...