Helmeted Hornbill Sounds & Calls

The sounds of a Helmeted Hornbill calling in Borneo. The spectacular call of the Helmeted Hornbill is sadly a disappearing sound in South-east Asia's rainforests. The typical call of this species is a long series of accelerating ‘toop’ sounds which build up over a few minutes and climax with a maniacal cackling laugh.

The Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) is a very large species of hornbill found in southern Thailand & Myanmar, Peninsula Malaysia, Borneo & Sumatra. Helmeted Hornbills can grow up to to 1.7 metres in length (including the 50cm long tail) and have a bizarre leathery, wrinkled face with a hard bony casque on top of the bill.

Sadly, the Helmeted Hornbill is now considered critically endangered, mainly due to poaching for its casque. Habitat loss is also a major issue affecting this species as it relies on very old, large trees with hollows for nesting.

I recorded the Helemeted Horbill calls in this video spectrogram in Sabah, Borneo. This sample is an excerpt from track 5 of the album "Heart of Borneo - Tawau Hills"https://wildambience.com/albums/heart-of-borneo-tawau-hills/

All of the sounds featured on this channel were recorded on location by Wild Ambience. I am a professional nature sound recordist and my work is regularly used in wildlife documentaries, films, musical compositions, museum exhibits, sound art installations. All of my work is copyrighted and cannot be used without purchasing a license. For licensing details please contact me via my website https://wildambience.com/

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