Hornbill

Where it lives: The hornbill can live in the African rain forest, Asian rain forest, and Australian rain forest. The layer that it lives in is called the canopy. The baby hornbill lives in a hole of a tree.

What it looks like: The hornbill has a enormous beak. The skin of the hornbill is baggy also the neck goes to black or gray to red and blue if it is a male. It goes black or gray to red if female. The hornbill has a yellow and red beak. It can be up to 40 inches long.

Hornbills habitat: The hornbill's habitat is on the canopy layer. When they see a hole in a tree they put dropings, mud and food. They do that because when the female has a baby it will be safe in the hole from getting eaten by animals that are bigger then the hornbill baby.

What the hornbill eats: The hornbill's favorite foods are snakes and fish. They also eat seeds, reptiles, large insects, small birds, small mamals and berries.

Special features: Did you know the Rhinoceros hornbill makes a very noisy sound like a trian. The noise is caused by its hollow beak as it echoes in his bill and when the hornbill opens his mouth the echoes come out with a big train noise. Did you know the Rhinoceros hornbill is one of the largest hornbills? Did you know the horn on its head is called the casque? Did you know the hornbill feeds its baby several times a day?

 

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