Visayan hornbill

Penelopides panini

The Visayan hornbill (Penelopides panini) 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 panini
Region	Asia
Found in	Philippines

🏡 Where the Visayan hornbill lives

Found in the Philippines.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit70%
🐛 Insects & bugs30%

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 471 grams. It mostly eats fruit and insects and other small creatures.

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Recorded by Brendan Sloan (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC379000. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Visayan hornbill

Where does the Visayan hornbill live?

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

What does the Visayan hornbill eat?

fruit (about 70%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Visayan 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.