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Sulu Hornbill  Anthracocreros montani
Common Names:  Talusi (Pilipino)
Discoverer: Oustalet, 1880                                        
Category: ENDANGERED
Status: Endemic
Habitat/Distribution: Jolo, Sanga sanga, and Tawi-Tawi
Habitat / Behavior: L 28"; Noisy, in forest and edge, traveling in small groups in the canopy.

Voice: call is a variety of raucous ghaak notes, sometimes singly, or more typically in a series of 8-10 up to 20 notes ghaak gaak gagagagagaakh, the 1st notes spaced leading to a rapid stuttering trill finished off with 2 distinctly separate note, a series lasting from 3-6 sec (DA: D. Allen recording)
Threats: habitat destruction and hunting
Interesting Information:
Conservation Efforts/Measures: Haribon Foundation

Photograph Information: Courtesy of the Delaware University Press Illustrations by George Sandstrom and John R. Pierce, taken from the book "Philippine Birds" by John duPont.

 

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