rufous necked hornbill by Pratim Das

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This is one of your best Pratim. Well done.

Thanks a lot Kal Danner ...

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 458 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..RUFOUS NECKED HORNBILL[F]..[From a Photograph of MR. PUSHPAL GOSWAMI] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... he rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) is a species of hornbill in the northeastern Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Numbers have declined significantly due to habitat loss and hunting, and it has been entirely extirpated from Nepal. It is estimated that there are now less than 10,000 adults remaining. With a length of about 117 centimetres (46 in), it is among the largest Bucerotine hornbills. The underparts, neck and head are rich rufous in the male, but black in the female. The head, neck, and lower body of the male are coloured rufous, with deeper colouration on the flanks and abdomen. The middle primaries and the lower half of the tail are tipped white. The rest of the hornbill's plumage is a glossy dark-green and black. The lower tail-covert feathers are coloured chestnut mixed with black. The female, on the other hand, is black, except for the end-portion of her tailand the tips of the middle primaries, which are white. Of all hornbills, this species has the northern-most extent, formerly ranging across the mountains from Nepal to Vietnam, but which is now restricted to north-eastern India, Bhutan, Burma, south-eastern Tibet, northern and western Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]