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by Sue Roehl

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Photo by Fabrice Stoger

フンボルトペンギンかと思った(全然うそなんですけど) @松江フォーゲルパーク

Found in eastern Africa, in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania, these hornbills inhabit dry forests, savannas, and shrublands. They eat small vertebrates, eggs, fruit, seeds, and insects, usually foraging on the ground, often in pairs or small flocks. Pairs use mud and other materials to seal the entrances of their tree cavity nests with the females inside. They leave a small slit so males can pass food into the nest until the females break out of the cavities about two weeks before the chicks fledge.

Photo by Jon Atkinson

quick von der decken's hornbill as per a friend's request

(Photo by Steve Garvie // CC 2.0)