Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill

Bycanistes brevis

Hardworking bricklayers

Hornbill females “wall themselves in” while incubating their eggs and only leave a small opening through which the male can provide them with food, and they remains like this until the chicks are fully fledged. She uses clumps of soil mixed with saliva as the “cement and mortar”.

Characteristics

Origin
Africa
Habitat
Coast and gallery forests

Diet
Bird eggs, mice, insects, fruits
Status
least concern

Threat Categories of IUCN

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