Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) - HBW 6, p. 503
French: Calao rhinocéros
German: Rhinozeroshornvogel
Spanish: Cálao Rinoceronte
Other common names: Great Rhinoceros Hornbill
Taxonomy: Buceros Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758, India; error = Malacca.
Forms a superspecies with B. bicornis. The two are reported to have hybridized both in wild and in captivity. Birds from Sumatra described as race sumatranus, on grounds of larger size, but appear inseparable from nominate. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
- borneoensis Schlegel & S. Müller, 1840 - Borneo.
- silvestris Vieillot, 1816 - Java.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A male bringing fruits to the nest for the family Locality Budo-Sungai Padi National Park, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp rhinoceros)
Soon Chye Ng 2000 7 years ago 36 sec 4.7 -
A male bringing fruits to the nest for the family Locality Budo-Sungai Padi National Park, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp rhinoceros)
Soon Chye Ng 2000 7 years ago 38 sec 4.6 -
A perched male in a tree, preening its breast and its wings. Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp rhinoceros)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 2 years ago 36 sec 4 -
A male perched in a fig tree Locality River Lodge, Sukau, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp borneoensis)
Barry Attridge 20 July 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 3.8 -
A male feeding the female, who is inside the nest, with fruits accumulated in its crop. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 25 sec 3.7 -
A male in a tree, preening its feathers. Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp rhinoceros)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 2 years ago 34 sec 3.3
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Female perched.
Locality Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern Thailand, Thailand
tanakorn 23 October 2011 14 weeks ago 4 -
Portrait of adult female (blue-grey iris).
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp silvestris)
Tomasz Doroń 4 July 2010 8 weeks ago 3.8 -
Had just flown from one branch to another
Locality Sukau, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
Bob Thompson 25 April 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
presenting himself
Locality Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur, Peninsular Malaysia
Gerhard.Tauscher 9 November 2011 13 weeks ago 3.2 -
Portrait of an adult female.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
gemma aznar 5 June 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Portrait of an adult female.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Alberto Soria 6 March 2010 1 year ago 3
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Calls from a single bird. Locality Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 4 January 2010 30 weeks ago 5 -
A male calling and another one answering in the background.
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 14 October 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A Rhinoceros Hornbill (the lower pitched one) and a Wreathed Hornbill calling together.
Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
(ssp borneoensis)
Josep del Hoyo 10 August 1996 1 year ago 4 -
Calls Locality San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 30 weeks ago 3 -
A bird calling from far away.
Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
(ssp rhinoceros)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Calls. Locality Kandang River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 4 March 2003 2 years ago 0
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