White-crowned hornbill

Berenicornis comatus

The White-crowned hornbill (Berenicornis comatus) is a bird found in Indonesia. Found in Indonesia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, reptiles and frogs and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Berenicornis comatus
Region	Asia
Found in	Indonesia

🏡 Where the White-crowned hornbill lives

Found in Indonesia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs30%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs30%
🐭 Mammals & birds20%
🍎 Fruit20%

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 1.5 kilograms. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and lizards and frogs.

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Recorded by Greg Irving (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC922674. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the White-crowned hornbill

Where does the White-crowned hornbill live?

The White-crowned hornbill lives in Indonesia. Found in Indonesia.

What does the White-crowned hornbill eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%), reptiles and frogs (about 30%), small mammals and birds (about 20%), fruit (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the White-crowned 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.