Hornbills

Hornbills are a species of bird divided up into many subfamilies. Their closest relative is the kingfisher.

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They are only found in Africa, Asia and Pacific islands.

The smallest is the black dwarf hornbill and the largest is the southern ground hornbill.

Many species breed in cliffs and trees.

They eat fruit and small animals.

Many species are threatened with extinction due to small ranges.

Hornbills are the only birds that have casques, a hollow structure that runs accross the upper mandible.

Most species of hornbills have crests.

They possess binocular vision.

There is 55 living hornbills.

There can be up to 2400 hornbills in one roosting spot.

They cannnot swallow food caught at the tip of their beak as their tounges are too short. Instead they jerk the head back.

No African hornbills are seriously threatened.

Most threatened Asian species are found in islands.

Species
Bucerotinae

Tropicranus



White-Crested Hornbill

Tockus 

Black Dwarf Hornbill

Red Billed Dwarf Hornbill

Monteiro's Hornbill

Northern Red Billed Hornbill

Damara Red Billed Hornbill

Southern Red Billed Hornbill

Tanzanian Red Billed Hornbill

Western Red Billed Hornbill

Eastern Yellow Billed Hornbill

Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill

Jackson's Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

Bradfield's Hornbill

African Pied Hornbill

Hemprich's Hornbill

Pale-Billed Hornbill

African Grey Hornbill

Ocyceros

Malabar Grey Hornbill

Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill

Indian Grey Hornbill

Anthracoceros

Malabar Pied Hornbill

Oriental Pied Hornbill

Black Hornbill

Palawan Hornbill

Sulu Hornbill

Buceros

Rhinoceros Hornbill

Great Hornbill

Rufous Hornbill

Rhinoplax

Helmeted Hornbill

 Penelopides

Luzon Hornbill

Mindoro Hornbill

Visayan Hornbill

Samar Hornbill

Mindanao Hornbill

Sulawesi Hornbill

Annorrhinus

Austen's Brown Hornbill

Tickell's Brown Hornbill

Bushy-Crested Hornbill

Aceros

Rufous-Necked Hornbill

Wrinkled Hornbill

Writhed Hornbill

Walden's Hornbill

Knobbed Hornbill

Rhyticeros

Wreathed Hornbill

Narcondam Hornbill

Sumba Hornbill

Plain-Pouched Hornbill

Papuan Hornbill

Bycanistes

Trumpeter Hornbill

Piping Hornbill

Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill

Black-and White-Casqued Hornbill

Brown-Cheeked Hornbill

White-Thighed Hornbill

Ceratogymna

Black-Casqued Wattled Hornbill

Yellow-Casqued Wattled Hornbill

Bucorvinae

Bucorvus

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill

Southern Ground Hornbill