Wreathed Hornbill
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hornbills

Wreathed Hornbill

Rhyticeros undulatus

VUVulnerable
Family
Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Order
Bucerotiformes

Overview

The wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) is an Old World tropical bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae, also called bar-pouched wreathed hornbill due to its distinctive blue-black band on its lower throat sac. It is named after its characteristic long, curved bill that develops ridges, or wreaths, on the casque of the upper mandible in adults. Males are black with a rufous crown, a white upper breast and face, and a yellow featherless throat. Females are uniformly black with a blue throat and are slightly smaller than males.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Northeastern India to southwestern China, southeastern Asia, and Greater Sundas.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.