Austen's Brown Hornbill

About the Austen's Brown Hornbill

Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni), also known as the white-throated brown hornbill or brown hornbill, is a medium-sized species of hornbill found in forests from northeastern India to Vietnam and northern Thailand. It is rare throughout its range and is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.

Austen's brown hornbill has dark brown upperparts (back, wings, and tail) with a lighter-coloured belly, cheeks, and throat. It has a white-tipped tail and wings and has blue-coloured bare skin around the eyes. The species is sexually dimorphic. The bill and casque are ivory white in females and cream-coloured in males. Females have a grey-brown throat, belly, and cheeks, whereas males have a whitish throat and cheeks with a reddish belly. The female also has a yellow wash below the eye. Juveniles look similar to adult males but have a short yellow bill, orange skin around the eye, and pale-brown feather tips. The male weighs 710–900 g (25–32 oz) and is 73–80 cm (29–31 in) long. The female is smaller.

Thomas C. Jerdon formally described Austen's brown hornbill as Anorrhinus austeni in 1872 in Asalu, Cachar Hills, Assam, India in The Ibis. The genus... Wikipedia →