Great Hornbill

Buceros bicornis

The Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) is a bird found in India, Thailand, Bhutan, Malaysia and Cambodia. Tall rainforests of India and Southeast Asia. It eats fruit, insects and other small invertebrates and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Vulnerable.

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Scientific name	Buceros bicornis
Region	Asia
Found in	India, Thailand, Bhutan, Malaysia and Cambodia

🏡 Where the Great Hornbill lives

Tall rainforests of India and Southeast Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit60%
🐛 Insects & bugs20%
🐭 Mammals & birds10%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

VulnerableGetting rare. It needs our help.

💡 Its wings whoosh so loudly you can hear it coming from far away.

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Recorded by Zsombor Károlyi (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1164805. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Great Hornbill

Where does the Great Hornbill live?

The Great Hornbill lives in India, Thailand, Bhutan, Malaysia and Cambodia. Tall rainforests of India and Southeast Asia.

What does the Great Hornbill eat?

fruit (about 60%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Great Hornbill endangered?

Getting rare. It needs our help. Its IUCN Red List category is Vulnerable.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.