oriental pied hornbill

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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 354 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL... ....WATERCOLOUR...7 INCH * 5 INCH...2014... The oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The oriental pied hornbill's diet includes wild fruit (especially figs, genus Ficus) and other fruit such as rambutans, along with larger insects and small reptiles such as lizards and frogs. This is the smallest of the Asian hornbill species with males measuring from tip of bill to tip of tail 55-60 cm, and females being slightly smaller. The wing length ranges from 23 to 36 cm, the bill up to 19 cm in males and up to 16 cm in females. The plumage of neck, neck, upper breast, back and wings is black with greenish gloss. The lower breast, abdomen, thighs, under wing-coverts and tips of all except the outer two primaries and basal three secondaries are white. The tail is black with a broad white tip to all but the central pair of the rectrices. The bare skin around the eye is white with a black spot in front of it, the throat skin is white with a blue tinge, the bill and casque are ivory-cloured with black base and the casque also with a black patch over the end. The iris is dark red, legs and feet are dull greenish grey. Sexes are alike except that the female's casque is less convex and lacks the projecting tip, that casque and bill have some dark-brown patches, and that the iris is brown to greyish brown.