- Ocyceros birostris
Identification
Grey feathers body, light grey or dull white belly. The horn is black or dark grey with a casque extending up to the point of curvature in the horn.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
They usually form their nest in tree holes. The female stays inside the nest and the male seals the nest hole leaving only a small hole for feeding the female. While inside the nest, the female will pluck out all her feathers and throw them outside the nest so that it can maintain the required space along with the growing chicks. The regrowth of the feathers in the female coincides with the maturity of the chicks at which point the nest is broken open.
Diet includes fruits including a variety of figs (Ficus spp.) and occasionally on small insects, lizards, small snakes.
