Austen's Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)
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Austen's Brown Hornbill

Anorrhinus austeni Jerdon, 1872

88 cmLength933 gWeight

Adults have a dark brown back, white tail tips and bare blue skin around the eye.

Busiest months: March · Most records: Thailand, India, Vietnam

Near Threatened

How to identify

Field marks

  1. Dark brown back and wings
  2. White tail tips in adults
  3. White wingtips in adults
  4. Blue bare skin around the eye in adults

Male, female and young

The female is smaller than the male.

Voice

Gives loud shrieks, low clucking and a nasal “ank-ank-ank”.

Where and when it's recorded

Austen's Brown Hornbill has been recorded at 26 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 4 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

To protect this bird from disturbance, we don't list exact sites.

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandIndiaVietnamMyanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni), also known as the white-throated brown hornbill or brown hornbill, is a medium-sized species of hornbill found in forests from northeastern India to Vietnam and northern Thailand. It is rare throughout its range and is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.

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Questions

How big is the Austen's Brown Hornbill?

The Austen's Brown Hornbill is about 88 cm long and weighs around 933 g.

Where does the Austen's Brown Hornbill live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Assam to southwestern China and Indochina. It is most often recorded in Thailand, India and Vietnam.

When is the best time to see the Austen's Brown Hornbill?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in March (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Austen's Brown Hornbill endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Austen's Brown Hornbill as Near Threatened.

What does the Austen's Brown Hornbill eat?

Main food: Fruit.

What family is the Austen's Brown Hornbill in?

It belongs to the family Hornbills (Bucerotidae), order Bucerotiformes.

At a glance

Length
88 cm
Weight
933 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Fruit
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Near Threatened
More measurements
Wing
327 mm
Tail
289 mm
Bill
126 mm
Tarsus
43 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental: Assam to southwestern China and Indochina

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Family
Hornbills Bucerotidae
Genus
Anorrhinus

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Austen's Brown Hornbill

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