Listen to the Malabar grey hornbill
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About the Malabar grey hornbill
The Malabar grey hornbill is a bird in the family Bucerotidae (order Bucerotiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “vulnerable”.
What does the Malabar grey hornbill sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Malabar gray hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) is a hornbill endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills of southern India. They have a large beak but lack the casque that is prominent in some other hornbill species. They are found mainly in dense forest and around rubber, arecanut or coffee plantations. They move around in pairs or small groups, feeding on figs and other forest fruits. Their loud cackling and laughing call makes them familiar to people living in the region.
More from the family Bucerotidae
Great hornbill
Buceros bicornis
Oriental pied hornbill
Anthracoceros albirostris
Malabar pied hornbill
Anthracoceros coronatus
African grey hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Black hornbill
Anthracoceros malayanus
Silvery-cheeked hornbill
Bycanistes brevis
Northern red-billed hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Black-casqued hornbill
Ceratogymna atrata
Black-and-white-casqued hornbill
Bycanistes subcylindricus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Malabar grey hornbill sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Malabar grey hornbill on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Malabar grey hornbill endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Malabar grey hornbill as “vulnerable”.
What family does the Malabar grey hornbill belong to?
The Malabar grey hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) belongs to the family Bucerotidae in the order Bucerotiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Molem National Park, Goa, India by Sudipto Roy – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1094387 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Malabar grey hornbill – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by derivative work: Snowmanradio ( talk ) Ocyceros_griseus_-India-6.jpg : Lip Kee Yap – CC BY-SA 2.0