This male is about to give a meal of forest fruit to his nesting family. Helmeted hornbills regurgitate and defecate tree seeds, helping to replenish wide swaths of forest, where commercial ...

The hornbill is omniverous. The central staple of its diet is fruit, but it will also eat insects, small mammals, and reptiles. Birds often play an important role in their ecosystems, and that is ...

Antonio was leading a photography tour when he noticed a pair of hornbills in fruit trees. The female was preening the hard-to-reach head feathers of the male. He underexposed the image to merge the ...

When the female hornbill is about to lay eggs, she seals herself inside a cavity made of mud, saliva, bark, and fruit, and ...

Meanwhile, fruit bats pollinate crops like bananas, mangoes, and durians, playing a critical role in global food security. Sadly, many of these species, including the hornbill, are declining.