Wreathed Hornbill

The wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) is an Old World tropical bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae, also called bar-pouched wreathed hornbill due to its distinctive blue-black band on its lower throat sac. It is named after its characteristic long, curved bill that develops ridges, or wreaths, on the casque of the upper mandible in adults. Males are black with a rufous crown, a white upper breast and face, and a yellow featherless throat. Females are uniformly black with a blue throat and are slightly smaller than males.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Wreathed Hornbill being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Rhyticeros plicatus
• Rhyticeros subruficollis
• Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
• Rhyticeros cassidix
• Anthracoceros marchei
• Buceros bicornis

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Bucerotiformes

Family

Bucerotidae

Genus

Rhyticeros

Species

Rhyticeros undulatus

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