Wrinkled hornbill

Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus

The Wrinkled hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus) is a bird found in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Found in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. It eats fruit and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
Region	Asia
Found in	Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei

🏡 Where the Wrinkled hornbill lives

Found in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit90%
🐛 Insects & bugs10%

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 1.6 kilograms. It mostly eats fruit.

Hear the Wrinkled hornbill

Recorded by GABRIEL LEITE (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC730738. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Wrinkled hornbill

Where does the Wrinkled hornbill live?

The Wrinkled hornbill lives in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Found in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.

What does the Wrinkled hornbill eat?

fruit (about 90%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Wrinkled 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.