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Location:

Tropical Flights

Rhinoceros Hornbill

  • Eleven (M) 5/5/2020

Identifying Features:

History:

See entry in Children's Trail section

More Information:

  • From Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand

  • Male eyes are red, female eyes are light

  • Female will stay in the nest 30 days after chick hatches

  • IUCN: Vulnerable

  • Believed to be the symbol of the bird god 

  • Phx Zoo has ongoing project with HUTAN in Malaysia to design artificial nest boxes (see signage at the exhibit)

  • Two others on Children's Trail

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