hornbill in English

noun
1
a medium to large tropical Old World bird, having a very large curved bill that typically has a large horny or bony casque. The male often seals up the female inside the nest hole.
Similar in appearance to ornamental features seen in birds like cassowaries and hornbills , the crest may have been used for display, the study team suggests.

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1. Hunting the colourful Casques of Myanmar’s great hornbill With its mango-shaded horned head and banana-shaped bill, Myanmar’s great hornbill is one of the most unusual birds in the world

2. For example, this here is a big bird, a rhinoceros hornbill.

3. In Malaysia, hornbill-ivory rings were said to change colour when near poisonous food.

4. Many hornbill species have "Casques", decorative growths on the upper mandible of the bill

5. The most prominent feature of the hornbill is the bright yellow and black casque on top of its massive bill.

6. 25 The flying hornbill represents our home state, Sarawak, taking us from Borneo to the host country, China, which is represented by the panda.

7. The Birddom is also very rich in this park you can see species like vultures, warblers, wood shrikes, white-browed fantail, white-breasted kingfisher, white-eyed buzzard, Tickell’s blue flycatcher, steppe eagle, red-wattled lapwing, red junglefowl, Indian peafowl, mynas, paradise, flycatchers, pigeons, woodpeckers, Malabar pied hornbill