Wrinkled Hornbill
(Aceros corrugatus)
Photographed at
Toronto Zoo, Toronto Canada Sep 2011
The Wrinkled Hornbill or Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill is a
medium-large hornbill which is found in forest in the Thai-Malay Peninsula,
Sumatra and Borneo.
The Wrinkled Hornbill
has a blue eye-ring, and a broadly white or rufous-tipped tail. The male and
female have different head and bill patterns. Males have bright yellow feathers
on the cheeks, throat, neck-sides and chest, black in the female, except for
the blue throat. The bill of the male is yellow with a red base and casque, and
a brownish basal half of the lower mandible. The bill and casque of the female
is almost entirely yellow.
The Wrinkled Hornbill
eats mainly figs, although it will also eat small animals such as frogs and
insects. Wrinkled Hornbills do not drink, but get the water they need from
their food. Their call can be heard for miles.
These birds pair for
life. They use holes found in trees for nests, and the female will plaster over
the entrance with mud and droppings, leaving a nesting mother and her chicks
only a small hole, too small for them to exit. They are fed exclusively by the male,
who regurgitates food for them. After several months, when the chicks are
ready, the female will break out of her nest. Wrinkled Hornbills were first
bred in captivity in 1988.
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