Rhinoceros Hornbill
Buceros rhinoceros
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderBucerotiformes (Hornbills and Hoopoes)
- FamilyBucerotidae (Hornbills)
- GenusBuceros (Large Asian Hornbills)
- SpeciesBuceros rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Hornbill)
About the Rhinoceros Hornbill
The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) is a large species of forest hornbill. In captivity, it can live for up to 35 years. It is found in lowland and montane, tropical and subtropical climates and in mountain rain forests up to 1,400 metres in the Malay Peninsula from southern Thailand; and the islands of Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java.
The rhinoceros hornbill is the state bird of the Malaysian state of Sarawak and the country's national bird. It is scheduled as a "totally protected animal" under Sarawak law through the 1998 Wild Life Protection Ordinance.
The rhinoceros hornbill was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the great hornbill in the genus Buceros and coined the binomial name Buceros rhinoceros, where he specified the location as India. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek βοῦς boûs meaning "ox", and κέρας kéras meaning "horn"; the species epithet rhinoceros comes from how the species' bill resembles a rhinoceros' horn.
Three subspecies are recognised: B. r. borneoensis Schlegel & Müller, S, 1845 – Borneo B. r. rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 – south Malay... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Gunung Leuser National Park
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Rhinoceros Hornbill in Gunung Leuser National Park?
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rhinoceros Hornbill sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park, based on 158 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Rhinoceros Hornbill in Gunung Leuser National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Rhinoceros Hornbill in Gunung Leuser National Park in our monthly data.