One of the 8 hornbills on WAnimals
Birds · Bucerotiformes · Bucerotidae
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna elata
Vulnerable
At high risk of extinction in the wild over the medium term.
The yellow-casqued hornbill is a large bird of the forests of West Africa, the male sporting a bulky yellow casque above the bill. It feeds almost entirely on fruit and is one of the great seed dispersers of the African forest: it covers tens of kilometres a day and deposits the seeds of hardwood trees far from the parent tree. Hunting for bushmeat and the logging of primary forest have driven it into decline.
Weight
1.3 kg – 2.1 kg
Size
70 cm – 80 cm
Life expectancy
25 years
