Western Ghats

Hornbills: the feathered foresters.

Mudappa, D. 2016. JLR Explore, 15 May 2016.

Most of us are familiar with charismatic mammals such as tigers, elephants and apes. And there are charismatic species amongst birds too: bustards, cranes, eagles. But in the Asian and African tropics are birds that gain charisma from their large size, spectacular appearance, and extraordinary breeding habits: the hornbills.

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