Oriental pied hornbill: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the oriental pied hornbill lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Anthracoceros albirostris
Group	Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Bird
Order	Bucerotiformes
Family	Bucerotidae

Where does the oriental pied hornbill live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the oriental pied hornbill in 12 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the oriental pied hornbill endangered?

The oriental pied hornbill’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the oriental pied hornbill?

The oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) is a bird in the order Bucerotiformes and the family Bucerotidae, genus Anthracoceros. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the oriental pied hornbill

The oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) is an Indo-Malayan pied hornbill, a large canopy-dwelling bird belonging to the family Bucerotidae. Two other common names for this species are Sunda pied hornbill (convexus) and Malaysian pied hornbill.

The oriental pied hornbill is considered to be among the smallest and most common of the Asian hornbills. It has the largest distribution in the genus and occurs in the Indian subcontinent and throughout Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Its diet includes fruit, insects, shellfish, small reptiles and small mammals and birds including their eggs.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Oriental pied hornbill (revision 1380042293), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q640999 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).