Anthracoceros coronatus

(Boddaert, 1783)

Vernacular names
English : Malabar pied hornbill
French : Calao de Malabar

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Bucerotiformes
Family : Bucerotidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can grow to 65 cm in length. Pinkish cheek patch. Plumage mostly black with all white belly and undertail. Bill light-yellow with small black base. Large crescent-shaped casque with pointed front edge with black top and center.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in southern Asia, in a large portion of central and eastern India, south-western India and Sri Lanka. Lives in open forests, forest edges, plantations and woodlands, in hilly terrain.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : NEAR THREATENED
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species is now declining in western India and Sri Lanka because of deforestation. It now mostly occurs in protected areas away from cities.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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