Hornbill (Wrinkled)

Also known as Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill and found in forest in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo which is in S.E. Asia. Wrinkled Hornbills were first bred in captivity in 1988.

The Wrinkled Hornbill has a blue eye-ring, and a white or rufous-tipped tail.. Males have bright yellow feathers on the cheeks and throat but black on the female, except for the blue throat. The male’s bill 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 fruit, such as figs, although it will also eat frogs and insects. Wrinkled Hornbills do not drink, but get the water they need from their food.

These birds remain in a 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 chicks only a small hole, so they don’t exit and fed by the male. After several months, when the chicks are ready, the female will break out of her nest.

Photographed at Toronto Zoo, Toronto, ON