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Bushy-crested Hornbill

Hornbills

Anorrhinus galeritus

Basic stats

Diet

Fruit, some small animals

Habitat

Forest canopy

Range

Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia

Clutch size

1–2 eggs (typical for hornbills)

Incubation period

About 30 days (typical for smaller hornbills)

Size

Medium hornbill (60–70cm)

Wingspan

~90–100cm

Weight

~950g–1.4kg

A dark, relatively plain hornbill with a small bushy crest and a pale bill, one of the smaller and less conspicuously coloured hornbills in Sabah, often overlooked in mixed flocks.

Highly social, moving in noisy groups of a dozen or more birds through the canopy, feeding on fruit and some small animals, with a loud, cackling group call.

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