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Oriental Pied Hornbill Juvenile

vids — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:22:50 +0000

The Moment when the Juvenile came out from the Nest and tried to fly
Commonwealth – March 2025

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Rhinoceros Hornbill

vids — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 02:34:10 +0000

The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) is a large species of forest hornbill. In captivity it can live for up to 35 years. It is found in lowland and montane, tropical and subtropical climates and in mountain rain forests up to 1,400 metres in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and southern Thailand. Wikipedia

These photos were taken in the year 2011 at Hindhede Park, Singapore.

Singapore Hornbill Project:Known as “farmers of the forest”, hornbills play a crucial role in the spread and germination of the seeds from big-fruited forest trees. There are 54 species of hornbills in the world—23 in Africa and 31 in Asia (12 in Southeast Asia). Three species are believed to be native to Singapore—the Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albiros- tris), Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), and Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil). Only the Oriental Pied Hornbill, a species common in Southeast Asia, remains extant in Singapore.
Please read here: https://www.nparks.gov.sg/-/media/cuge/ebook/citygreen/cg4/cg4_14.pdf

Dec 2025, a young male horbill appeared at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

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Oriental pied-hornbill

vids — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:04:33 +0000

The oriental pied hornbill is an Indo-Malayan pied hornbill, a large canopy-dwelling bird belonging to the family Bucerotidae. Two other common names for this species are Sunda pied hornbill and Malaysian pied hornbill. The species is considered to be among the smallest and most common of the Asian hornbills. Wikipedia

Commonly found in Pulau Ubin, Sungei Buloh, Bukit Batok, Singapore Botanic Garden, Pasir Ris

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