Oriental pied-hornbill

Description

The oriental pied hornbill is a medium size frugivore with a head-to-tail length of 55–60 cm from head to tail and a wingspan of 23–36 cm.The bill measures 19 cm for males and 16 cm for females.It can weigh between 600 g and 1,050 g,averaging 900 g for males and 875 g for females.The plumage of the head,neck,back,wings and upper breast is black with a slight green sheen.The tail is black with white tips on all the feathers except the central feathers (rectories).The plumage of their lower breast,lower abdomen,thighs,under-wing and all the tips of the wings except the three basal secondaries and two outer primaries is white,as is the circumorbital skin around the eyes and on the throat skin.A blue tinge can sometimes be noticed on the throat of adults.Casques of mature A.albirostri are laterally flattened “cylinders”,which may form a protruding horn.Males and females are similar in coloration.