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Bird · Anthracoceros coronatus
Malabar pied hornbill
IUCN NT · Near threatened
A large black-and-white hornbill with a massive yellow bill and casque, living in the riverside fig forests of the Western Ghats.
👀 How to recognise it
The flight is loud — you hear the wingbeats before you see the bird. White tail corners and a white trailing edge to the wing.
Where to see it
Goa
Hornbills need large old trees with natural cavities, so their presence is a direct measure of how much mature forest a valley still has.
Chorla Ghat (in season) · Dudhsagar Falls (in season) · Budbudyanchi Tali (Bubbling Lake), Netravali (in season)