White-crowned Hornbill

Berenicornis comatus (Raffles, 1822)

White-crowned Hornbill, Berenicornis comatus, is a hornbill of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, where it lives in lowland and middle-altitude rainforest and can also occur in fruit, oil-palm and rubber plantations. It is the only member of its genus. The bird has black and white plumage, with white on the head, neck, breast and tail, and a white crest of raised crown feathers. The bill is black with a yellowish base, and the face and throat show bare dark blue skin.

Order

Bucerotiformes

Family

Bucerotidae — Hornbills

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo