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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) 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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