Listen to the Malabar pied hornbill
Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.
About the Malabar pied hornbill
The Malabar pied hornbill is a bird in the family Bucerotidae (order Bucerotiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “near threatened”.
What does the Malabar pied 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 calls. 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 pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus), also known as the lesser pied hornbill, is a bird in the hornbill family, a family of tropical birds found in the Old World. The Malabar pied hornbill is a large hornbill, measuring 65 cm (26 in) in length. It has mainly black plumage with a white belly and throat patch, and a yellow bill with a large black casque. The Malabar pied hornbill is a common resident breeder in Sri Lanka and parts of India. It is an omnivore, feeding on fruits, small mammals, birds, small reptiles and insects.
Related birds in the genus Anthracoceros
More from the family Bucerotidae
Great hornbill
Buceros bicornis
Malabar grey hornbill
Ocyceros griseus
African grey hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
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 pied hornbill sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Malabar pied hornbill on this page, including its calls. 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 pied hornbill endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Malabar pied hornbill as “near threatened”.
What family does the Malabar pied hornbill belong to?
The Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) belongs to the family Bucerotidae in the order Bucerotiformes.
Sources & credits
- Calls · Molem National Park, Goa by Sudipto Roy – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q908959 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Malabar pied hornbill – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Charles J. Sharp – CC BY-SA 4.0