Wreathed Hombill

Rhyticeros Illldlllatus

Beak

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Crest

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Resident. E Himalayan foothills, NE India and Bangladesh. Male from the slightly larger Rufous-necked by whitish sides of head, foreneck and upper breast (with rufous-brown crown and nape I, and entirely white tail. Has yellow gular pouch (with dark bar) and reddish circumorbital skin. Female has black head and neck, and is best told from female Rufous-necked by blue pouch, reddish circumorbital skin, and all-white tail. Both sexes have prominent corrugated casque. in flight. both sexes have a ll-black wings. Immature is similar to adult male, but initially lacks casque and corrugations on bill; eyes are pale blue rather than red (adult malel or brown (adult femalel. Corrugations on sides of bill, a ndcasque, begin to develop in first year, with new 'wreaths' added approximately once each year. Voice Gives a very loud, gaspinguk-hwBBrk, with emphasised second note; less harsh and grating than similar calls of Great Hornbill. Formerly placed in Acsros. Broadleaved evergreen forest.