hornbills 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. Hornbills, with their long beaks and extraordinary nesting procedures, are not an exception.

2. 2 Among the feathered residents are flamingos, toucans, kookaburras, egrets, brown pelicans, hornbills and trumpeter swans.

3. The Indo-Malayan lowlands are home to Asian elephants, clouded leopards, wild water buffalo, gaur, hornbills, cobras and geckos.

4. The large, colorful birds of the forest —such as turacos and hornbills— advertise their presence with raucous calls.

5. 5 Participants will see the orangutans at Sepilok Sanctuary, proboscis monkeys and hornbills at Sukau and the market at Sandakan.

6. Azhdarchids are now well known as being terrestrial predators akin to ground hornbills or some storks, eating any prey item they could swallow whole.