ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL

Subspecies convexus, photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see      857)              ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL            Anthracoceros albirostris 

SINGAPORE         (19)        

Also known as Asian Pied Hornbill. 70 cms. Found in secondary forests, old plantations and occasionally mangroves and parkland. 70 cm. Distribution: Himalayan foothills, E to India to South and Greater Sundas.

ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(857)              ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL                 Anthracoceros albirostris 

INDONESIA (Bali)         (78)        

Also known as Asian Pied Hornbill. 70 cms. Seems to prefer forest edges and other broken habitats rather than primary closed rest as other Indonesian hornbills; often found along rivers, in open coastal forest and nearby plantations; but must have access to growing hardwood trees with cavities for nesting.Oriental region: widespread and fairly common resident on Sumatra and many nearby islands, and in Kalimantan; uncommon on Java and Bali.