Tim Laman

PHOTO GALLERIES: HORNBILLS

Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) male in flight.
   
A young rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) tosses up a fig from a strangler fig tree (Ficus dubia) before swallowing it.
  
A rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis), perches outside its nest.
     
  
A rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) male carrying a mouse to his nest.
   
Red-knobbed hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male at nest hole. The Nest tree has a strangler fig growing around its trunk.
   
A portrait of a red-knobbed hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male in the canopy.
     
  
A young rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) tosses up a fig in the forest canopy.
   
A male helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) perched above the entrance to the nest cavity where his mate is sealed inside.
  
Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) female and chick inside nest cavity. The female passes a fruit brought to her by the male to the three week old chick.
     
  
A profile portrait of a Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) taken in the wild from a canopy blind.
   
Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) male swoops down as he leaves the nesting tree.