Hornbills (Bucerotidae)

Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) - HBW 6, p. 497

French: Calao gris German: Malabartoko Spanish: Cálao Gris Malabar

Taxonomy: Buceros griseus Latham, 1790, Bombay, India.
Genus sometimes combined with African Tockus, but differs in feeding behaviour at nest. Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with O. gingalensis, or the two often treated as conspecific, but they differ in bare-part colours and some morphological and behavioural details. Monotypic.

Distribution: Western Ghats of SW India.