10 TYPES OF HORNBILLS IN MALAYSIA

There are 10 most common hornbills that can be found in the rain forest of Malaysia. But there are still more type of them that live around the globe and survive on their own or live under protection by government protection or any parties that cares about the existance of these hornbills, one of the types of birds that live in this whole world....

Name: White-crowned Hornbill

Scientific Name: Berenicornis comatus

Local Name: Enggang Bulu

Size Male: 90 - 101 cm Female: 90 - 101 cm

Identification Male: All whitish head, neck, breast, tail and long shaggy whitish crest. Female: Neck and underparts black

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, up to 1,000m.

Name: Bushy-crested Hornbill

Scientific Name: Anorrhinus galeritus

Local Name: Enggang Kawan/Enggang Buluh

Size Male: 89 cm Female: 89 cm

Identification Male: Completely dark plumage with thick drooping crest, somewhat paler and grayer vent and paler dirty brownish-grey basal two-thirds of tail distinctive. Bill and small casque blaish, bare orbital and gular skin pale. Female: Casque smaller, throat and underparts dark brownish

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, secondary forest; up to 1,500m

Name: Wrinkled Hornbill

Scientific Name: Aceros corrugatus

Local Name: Enggang Berkedut

Size Male: 81 - 82 cm Female: 81 - 82 cm

Identification Male: Resembles the Wreathed Hornbill but smaller, with smaller yellow bill and reddish base somewhat squarer-looking reddish casque, blue orbital skin, unmarked and less bulging gular pouch. White of tail often strongly stained buffish to yellowish. Female: Less bulging gular pouch, less pronounced crest and black base of tail.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, freshwater swamp forest, lowlands

Scientific Name: Aceros undulates

Local Name: Enggang Gunung

Size Male: 100.5 – 115 cm Female: 84 – 98 cm

Identification Male: Centre of crown to hindneck shaggy warmish dark brown, bill pale dull yellowish with darker corrugated base (not always obvious), casque small and short with dark ridges, orbital skin reddish. Tail often slightly stained yellowish to brownish. Female: Head, neck and breast black. Gular pouch, blue.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen and mixed deciduous forest, forests on islands; up to 1,830m.

Name: Plain-pouched Hornbill

Scientific Name: Aceros subruficollis

Local Name: Enggang Hutan

Size Male: 86.5 – 89.5 cm Female: 76 – 84 cm

Identification Male: Very similar to the Wreathed Hornbill but somewhat smaller, bill shorter with warm brownish base and no corrugations, casque slightly more peaked with more dark ridges. Lacks blackish streak on gular pouch. Female: Gular pouch, blue.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen and mixed deciduous forest, up to 915 m.

Name: Black Hornbill

Scientific Name: Anthracoceros malayanus

Local Name: Burung Kekek/Burung Gatal Birah

Size Male: 76 cm Female: 76 cm

Identification Male: Relatively small size, black plumage with broadly white-tipped outertail and unmarked yellowish-white bill and casque. Facial skin blackish. Female: Bill and casque smaller and blackish, orbital skin and submoustachial patch pinkish.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, up to 215m.

Name: Oriental Pied Hornbill

Scientific Name: Antharacoceros albirostris

Local Name: Burung Kelingking/Burung Lilin

Size Male: 68 - 70 cm Female: 68 - 70 cm

Identification Male: Relatively small size and mostly black, with white facial markings. Belly vent and pale yellowish bill and casque with dark markings. Female: Bill and casque small and more extensively dark.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, island forest, secondary growth, sometimes coastal scrub, plantations and gardens, up to 1,400m.

Name: Rhinoceros Hornbill

Scientific Name: Buceros rhinoceros

Local Name: Enggang

Size Male: 91 - 122 cm Female: 91 - 122 cm

Identification Male: Very large with bright red and yellow upward-curved casque with black base. Mostly black with white lower belly undertail-coverts, and white tail with broad black band across center. Female: Smaller, lacks black on casque and at bill-casque junction, eyes whitish.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, up to 1,220m.

Name: Great Hornbill

Scientific Name: Buceros bicornis

Local Name: Enggang Papan

Size Male: 119 - 122 cm Female: 119 - 122 cm

Identification Male: Very large with huge, mostly yellowish bill and casque, mostly blackish plumage with white nape and neck. White vent and white tail with black central band. Female: Smaller, lacks black on casque and at bill-casque junction, eyes whitish.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, mixed deciduous, forest on some islands; up to 1,525m.

Name: Helmeted Hornbill

Scientific Name: Rhinoplax vigil

Local Name: Burung Tebang Mentua/Burung Torak

Size Male: 127 cm Female: 127 cm

Identification Male: Very large with elongated central tail feathers and bare dark red skin on sides of head, throat and neck. Female: Smaller, bill speckled black at tip, skin of face and neck tinged pale lilac.

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, up to 1,400m.

They are mostly found in Belum-Temenggor Forest Reserve, the last remaining frontiers that supprt sizeable populations of large birds such as HORNBILLS..