Animalia Life
Rhyticeros subruficollis
SUBFAMILY
Bucerotinae
TAXONOMY
Rhyticeros subruficollis Blyth, 1843, Tenasserim. Monotypic.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Plain-pouched wreathed hornbill, Burmese hornbill,
Tenasserim hornbill; French: Calao а gorge claird; German:
Blythhornvogel; Spanish: Cбlao Gorgiclaro.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
25.6–27.6 in (65–70 cm); female weight unknown, male 4.0–5.0
lb (1.81–2.27 kg). Black with short white tail, yellowish bill,
and low ridged casque. Male has rufous crown with yellow
throat skin; female all black with blue throat skin.
DISTRIBUTION
Southern Myanmar, western and southern Thailand, and
northern Malaysia.
HABITAT
Lowland rainforest and mixed deciduous hill forest.
BEHAVIOR
Reports of enormous flocks of more than 2,000 individuals
traveling long distances near the Malay-Thai border suggest
this species to be wide-ranging and makes extensive local
movements.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Little known but believed to feed primarily on fruits.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Little information but believed to lay one to three eggs around
January to March.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Classified as Vulnerable and listed on CITES Appendix I. Little
known regarding status due to limited research and repeated
confusion with wreathed hornbill.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
Hunted for food and kept as pets.
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