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Red billed Hornbill


Red billed Hornbill
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Copyright: Robin Du Bois (robindb) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 96 W: 0 N: 275] (965)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-07
Categories: Birds
Camera: Cannon EOS 350D, Sigma 170-500mm APO
Exposure: f/8, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-15 2:16
Viewed: 424
Points: 7
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The red billed hornbill is scarcer than the Yellow billed in the Kruger Park but is also found there especially to the North. This one was photographed about 40 km north of Skukuza.

Red-billed Hornbill
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) is a hornbill. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.
The Red-billed Hornbill is a common resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa. During incubation, the female lays three to six white eggs in a tree hole, which is blocked off with a plaster of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow aperture, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks.
When the chicks and the female are too big to fit in the nest, the mother breaks out and rebuilds the wall, then both parents feed the chicks.
The Red-billed Hornbill has a black stripe on the back of its head.
This species has mainly whitish underparts and head and grey upperparts. It has a long tail and a long curved red bill which lacks a casque. Sexes are similar, but the female has a smaller bill. It is a large bird, at 42cm in length, but is one of the smaller hornbills.
This species is omnivorous, taking insects fruit and seeds. It feeds mainly on the ground and will form flocks outside the breeding season.
This conspicuous bird also advertises its presence with its noisy accelerating tok-tok-tok-toktoktok call.
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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5943] (17794)
  • [2008-07-15 3:25]
  • [2]

Hi Robin, it's a nice capture, well focused image, colours and details look great.
But this would have looked so much better without your name in its mouth.
TFS
Janice

  • Great 
  • falke Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 158 W: 17 N: 451] (1616)
  • [2008-07-15 7:07]

Nice portrait of this hornbill. Great sharpness on the right places. However I am not very fond of your copyright in the center of the photo.....

Best regards/Bengt

Hello Robin,
Well composed and good moment.
TFS
Annick

Hi Robin,
great portrait
excellent details and sharpness
regards

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