Trumpeter Hornbill
A species of Black-and-white-casqued Hornbills and Allies Scientific name : Bycanistes bucinator Genus : Black-and-white-casqued Hornbills and Allies
Trumpeter Hornbill, A species of Black-and-white-casqued Hornbills and Allies
Botanical name: Bycanistes bucinator
Genus: Black-and-white-casqued Hornbills and Allies
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Description
The trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between 58 and 65 cm (23 and 26 in), characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females. The eyes are brown or red, with pink surrounding skin. Body mass is between 0.45 and 1 kg (0.99 and 2.20 lb). It is similar to silvery-cheeked hornbill. Distinguishing features include an all-black back, white belly and white underwing coverts (in flight, wings present white tips), and red facial skin. The trumpeter hornbill is a gregarious bird, usually living in groups of two to five individuals, although sometimes as many as fifty. This hornbill is a locally common resident of the tropical evergreen forests of Burundi, Mozambique, Botswana, Congo, Kenya, the Caprivi strip of Namibia and eastern South Africa, where it feeds on fruits and large insects. Like other hornbills, the females incubate four to five white eggs while sealed in the nest compartment. 
Size
55 cm
Life Expectancy
20 years
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Trumpeter Hornbill's diet consists mainly of a wide range of fruits and small animals. It consumes at least 14 genera of fruits, prominently figs and Trichelia, in addition to insects, small birds, nestlings, crabs, millipedes, and woodlice. Trumpeter Hornbill typically forages in the trees, demonstrating a unique preference for diverse fruit species and animal prey.
Habitat
The trumpeter Hornbill predominantly inhabits forests, focusing on gallery, riverine, and coastal evergreen forests. Their habitat extends into tall deciduous woodlands and wooded hillsides across broader geographical regions of sub-Saharan Africa. They are also known to range widely across dry savannas and fragmented forest landscapes, in pursuit of fruiting trees. The trumpeter Hornbill can be found at altitudes of up to 2200 meters.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
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