Mindoro hornbill

Penelopides mindorensis

The Mindoro hornbill (Penelopides mindorensis) is a bird found in Philippines. Found in the Philippines. It eats fruit and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Penelopides mindorensis
Region	Asia
Found in	Philippines

🏡 Where the Mindoro hornbill lives

Found in the Philippines.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit80%
🐛 Insects & bugs20%

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

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 462 grams. It mostly eats fruit.

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Recorded by Michaela Webb (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC654062. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Mindoro hornbill

Where does the Mindoro hornbill live?

The Mindoro hornbill lives in Philippines. Found in the Philippines.

What does the Mindoro hornbill eat?

fruit (about 80%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Mindoro hornbill endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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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.