Rufous-necked Hornbill

How to identify

Field marks

1. Large ivory-white bill without a casque
2. Adults have black-and-white bands at the base of the upper mandible
3. Sky-blue around the eye and on the cheeks
4. Gular pouch red to golden orange-yellow

Male, female and young

The adult male has a rufous head, neck and underparts; these areas are black in the adult female.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: April · Most records: India, Bhutan, Thailand

Rufous-necked Hornbill has been recorded at 36 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 5 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

IndiaBhutanThailandMyanmar (Burma)China

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

The rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) is a species of hornbill in Bhutan, northeastern India, especially in Arunachal Pradesh, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is locally extinct in Nepal due to hunting and significant loss of habitat. There are less than 10,000 adults left in the wild.

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