Black hornbill

Short description: Species of bird

Black hornbill

Male at London Zoo, England

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Bucerotiformes
Family:  | Bucerotidae
Genus:  | Anthracoceros
Species:  |

A. malayanus

Binomial name
Anthracoceros malayanus

(Raffles, 1822)

The black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) is a species of bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae. It lives in Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.

The Black-casqued Hornbill has a selectiveness towards the environment and resources when it comes to reproduction. It is a lowland specialist.[3] This organism will only start breeding and nesting when there is a large supply of fruits available, and in trees of larger size. When there are limited resources available, and may curtail nesting for years when there is a low availability of fruits(4). It is the major seed disperser for Durio graveolens, a species of durian.[4] The connection is strong enough to reflect in some of the common names for the fruit: The Kenyah and Dayak peoples call it durian anggang (lit. 'hornbill durian'),[5] and in Malay it is called durian burong/durian burung[6] (lit. 'durian bird').[5] It also has a role in seed disbursement for Vitex pinnata.[7]

It is known to fly for hours at a time.[3]

It is threatened by hunting and habitat loss.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Diet
* 2 Description
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Diet

It is a frugivore, eating a wide range of fruits—over 50 species. It most commonly feeds on figs and Vitex pinnata;[7] its diet includes Sterculia cordata and Durio graveolens.[3]

## Description

The male has a yellowish bill while the female has a dark grey bill.

Female at Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Malaysia |

Anthracoceros malayanus birdsong

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Birdsong of Anthracoceros malayanus

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## References

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1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Anthracoceros malayanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22682441A132372259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22682441A132372259.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22682441/132372259. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 OKANO, TSUNEYA (1972). "A Preliminary Observation of Orang Hutans in the Rehabilitation Station in Sepilok, Sabah". The Annual of Animal Psychology 21 (2): 55–67. doi:10.2502/janip1944.21.55. ISSN 1883-6283.
4. ↑ Nakashima, Yoshihiro; Lagan, Peter; Kitayama, Kanehiro (March 2008). "A Study of Fruit–Frugivore Interactions in Two Species of Durian (Durio, Bombacaceae) in Sabah, Malaysia" (in English). Biotropica 40 (2): 255–258. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00335.x. ISSN 1744-7429. OCLC 5155811169.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kostermans, André Joseph Guillaume Henri (December 1958). Dilmy, A.; Van Steens, C. G. G. J.. eds. "The Genus Durio Adans. (Bombac.)" (in English) (PDF). Reinwardtia 4 (3): 91–95. doi:10.14203/reinwardtia.v4i3.1008. ISSN 2337-8824. OCLC 4142407. http://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/reinwardtia/article/view/1008. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
6. ↑ O'Gara, E.; Guest, D. I.; Hassan, N. M. (2004). "Occurrence, Distribution and Utilisation of Durian Germplasm". Diversity and Management of Phytophthora in Southeast Asia ACIAR Monograph No. 114. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). pp. 187–193. ISBN 978-1-86320-405-7. http://aciar.gov.au/files/node/598/mn114-part3.pdf. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Perdhana, R D (2023-09-01). "The role of birds diversity in increasing oil palm productivity at PT Permata Sawit Mandiri, West Kalimantan". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1243 (1): 012011. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1243/1/012011. ISSN 1755-1307.

* Stauffer, Donald J.; Smith, Thomas B. (2004). "Breeding and nest site characteristics of the Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata and White-thighed Hornbill Ceratogymna cylindricus in south-central Cameroon". Ostrich 75 (3): 79–88. doi:10.2989/00306520409485418.

## External links

* Downloadable Audio File of the call of the Malaysian black hornbill

Wikidata ☰ Q924282 entry

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