For more videos and pictures of Philippine birds, kindly visit www.birdingphilippines.com #birdingphilippines #wildwednesdays #suluhornbill … To visit the Sulu hornbill habitat on Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi Province, we needed the co-operation of Mayor Rejie Sahali, Colonel Romulo “Bim” Quemado, and the marine soldiers of the Philippines Marine Corps.
The Sulu hornbill (Anthracoceros montani) is one example of an animal whose likely closest relative, the black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus), is from Borneo. Sulu Hornbill, Anthracoceros montani June 2017, Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines Video by Nicky Icarangal, Jr. Digiscoped with a Swarovski ATX 30-70x 95 spotting scope, Panasonic GH4 with Swarovski APO-TLS adapter with RODE VideoMic Pro.
Anthracoceros montani (Sulu Hornbill) is a species of birds in the family hornbills. Another threat to it is hunting.
Reproduction is … Our main target was the secondary forest at Upper Malum. There is only 20 pairs left! Sibutu contains birds of Bornean origin that are not found on Tawitawi (Allen 1998). Habitat destruction and hunting are the biggest threats to hornbills, and it is believed that there are only 120 pairs of Visayan wrinkled hornbills Aceros waldeni and fewer than 20 pairs of Sulu hornbills Anthracoceros montari left in the world. It is found in the Indo-Malayan Realm. There is a cline of relatedness to Borneo as one moves north among the islands. Sulu Hornbills don't live in any protected areas. Ground Hornbills (B. abyssinicus and B. leadbeateri) are the largest, most aberrant hornbill species (Kemp and Kemp 1975) Height; Stands 90-100 cm tall (3-3.3 ft) (Kemp and Boesman 2013) Legs and feet; Legs long (Kemp and Kemp 1975) Black; Wings; Span to c. 4 ft; Tail; Short (Kemp and Kemp 1975) Facial characteristics (from Kemp 1988 unless otherwise noted) Bill black; Large, with a casque … The reason that the Sulu Hornbill no longer lives on two islands that it used to is because they are nearly entirely logged!
The Sulu Hornbill is the worlds most endangered Hornbill and is classified as Critically Endangered. Sulu Hornbill bird information Values; Conservation status: CR - Critically endangered: Synonyms: Montano's Hornbill: Old latin name for bird: Buceros montani: Order: Hornbills and relatives / Bucerotiformes: Family: Hornbills / Bucerotidae: Genus: Anthracoceros: Breeding region: Oriental Region: Breeding subregion: Sulu Archipelago : Non breeding region-Sulu Hornbill bird sounds. It is listed as critically endangered by IUCN and in CITES Appendix II. These include the Tawitawi brown dove, the Sulu hornbill and the Sulu bleeding-heart, although this latter species may already be extinct.