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The Malabar grey hornbill is a large bird, but at 45 to 58 cm (18 to 23 in) in length it is still the smallest of the Asian hornbills. It has a 23 cm (9.1 in) tail and pale or yellowish to orange bill. [ 3 ]
Female great hornbill Hornbills are birds in the families Bucerotidae and Bucorvidae. There are currently 62 extant species of hornbills recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union, two in Bucorvidae and 60 in Bucerotidae. Many species of fossil hornbills are known from the Miocene onwards; however, their exact number and taxonomy are unsettled due to ongoing discoveries. Conventions ...
As such, they are often called "grey hornbills". They have black and grey eye rings and their eyes are usually dark with black irises. All of the species have different coloured bills: the Indian grey hornbill has a dark greyish bill, the Sri Lanka grey hornbill has a pale yellowish bill, and the Malabar grey hornbill has a more yellowish ...
The Indian grey hornbill is a medium-sized hornbill, measuring around 61 cm (24 in) in length. [3] The upper parts are greyish brown and there is a slight trace of a pale supercilium. The ear coverts are darker. The flight feathers of the wing are dark brown with a whitish tip. The tail has a white tip and a dark subterminal band.
Close-up of great hornbill Close-up of head of a Malabar grey hornbill showing eyelashes The plumage of hornbills is typically black, grey, white, or brown, and is frequently offset by bright colours on the bill, or by patches of bare coloured skin on the face or wattles.
Malabar grey hornbill in Thattekad. Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Bucerotidae. Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured. Great hornbill, Buceros bicornis; Malabar pied hornbill, Anthracoceros coronatus
The type species was subsequently designated as the Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words ανθραξ anthrax , ανθρακος anthrakos meaning "coal black" and κερας keras , κερως kerōs meaning "horn". [ 5 ]
The oriental pied hornbill may be 93% herbivorous during breeding season [384] or nearly totally herbivorous overall [391] The Ocyceros hornbills: the non-breeding diet of the Indian grey hornbill is ~92% herbivorous, [395] while the breeding diet of the Malabar grey hornbill is 86% herbivorous [396]