 |
| A male Oriental pied-hornbill sitting on a large rain tree near some housing estate. |
The Oriental pied-hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) is a rather common hornbill in Malaysia. It can be easily seen around jungle fringes near urban dwellings.
 |
| Food consisting of figs, fruits, small reptiles and birds are their main diets. Here a male regurgitated a fig and gently holds it in its bill. |
They like large trees where they build nest in holes in the tree branches. The male will bring mud cakes to the female who will then seal herself inside to lay her eggs and incubate them. Food in the form of figs, fruits, small insects, reptiles and small birds are brought back by the male to feed its mate.
 | ||
| A male hornbill gently feed its mate as she incubates her eggs in her sealed nest. |
I have seen these hornbills built their nests in the bird houses built for owls around the rice fields.
 |
| A few fruits that are part of the hornbill diet. |
 |
| Here a pair of hornbills has colonised an owl shelter for their nests. |
