Rufous Hornbill
This is the most majestic and biggest of all Philippine Hornbills - the Great Rufous Hornbill, Buceros hydrocorax. Hornbills are the best, cheapest and the most natural way to re-grow our forests: They are "Farmers of the Forests" as hornbills distribute the seeds of the fruits they fed on. Hornbills are characterized by the huge and often colourful bills and they have this fascinating breeding behaviour of sealing the female inside holes of giant trees, while the male gathers food for the female and the chicks. Sadly, hornbill populations are declining due to habitat loss resulting to unavailability of huge nesting trees, poaching for the pet trade and hunting for food.
In this video, you can see an adult male Rufous Hornbill at the beginning and at the end of the video while an immature one can be seen hopping about at around 0:46.
Rufous Hornbill, Buceros hydrocorax
PICOP, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines
