| Black hornbill | |
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| Male at London Zoo, England | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Anthracoceros |
| Species: | A. malayanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthracoceros malayanus (Raffles, 1822) | |
The black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) is a species of bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae. It lives in Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.
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The species has a selectiveness towards the environment and resources when it comes to reproduction. It is a lowland specialist. [3] This organism will only start breeding and nesting when there is a large supply of fruits available, and in trees of larger size. When there are limited resources available, and may curtail nesting for years when there is a low availability of fruits(4). It is the major seed disperser for Durio graveolens , a species of durian. [4] The connection is strong enough to reflect in some of the common names for the fruit: The Kenyah and Dayak peoples call it durian anggang (lit. 'hornbill durian'), [5] and in Malay it is called durian burong/durian burung [6] (lit. 'durian bird'). [5] It also has a role in seed disbursement for Vitex pinnata. [7]
It is known to fly for hours at a time. [3]
It is threatened by hunting and habitat loss. [3]
