{"id":367455,"date":"2026-07-15T15:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367455"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:01:39","slug":"indian-grey-hornbill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-grey-hornbill\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Grey Hornbill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Gujarat\u2019s Gir forests have recorded a major conservation success with the successful reintroduction and breeding of the Indian Grey Hornbill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Indian Grey Hornbill<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367471\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-367471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-14-2026-01_25_41-PM-1.png?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Indian Grey Hornbill\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-14-2026-01_25_41-PM-1.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-14-2026-01_25_41-PM-1.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-Jul-14-2026-01_25_41-PM-1.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: DD News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<b>Indian grey hornbill<\/b> is a<strong> tropical bird<\/strong> found on the<strong>\u00a0Indian subcontinent.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> Its scientific name is <strong>Ocyceros birostris.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It prefers <strong>dry plains, foothills, and open habitats.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution: <\/strong>Among all the hornbill species in India, the Indian grey hornbill is the most widely distributed.\n<ul>\n<li>Its range spans t<strong>he length (Jammu to Kerala) and breadth (Rajasthan to West Bengal) of India.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also<strong> distributed in parts of some neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It doesn&#8217;t<strong>\u00a0migrate<\/strong> but may <strong>make local movements in the drier western region.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appearance:\u00a0<\/strong> Unlike the eight other hornbill species found in India, <strong>the Indian grey hornbill is not brightly coloured.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>medium-sized bird<\/strong> with <strong>greyish-brown upper parts<\/strong> and a <strong>slight trace of a pale supercilium. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>ear coverts are darker. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>flight feathers of the wing<\/strong> are <strong>dark brown with a whitish tip. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>tail<\/strong> has a <strong>white tip and a dark subterminal band<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>red iris, and the eyelids have eyelashes.<\/strong> The casque is short and pointed.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>male has a larger casque on a dark bill,<\/strong> and the<strong> culmen and lower mandible are yellowish. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>bare skin around the eye is dark in males<\/strong>, but sometimes pale reddish in females.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The female has a more yellowish bill with black on the basal half and on the casque.<\/li>\n<li>The<strong> juveniles lack the casque<\/strong>, and the bare skin around the eye is dull orange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet:<\/strong> It is a <strong>herbivore (frugivore)<\/strong>. Sometimes, it also feeds on <strong>molluscs, scorpions, insects, small birds, and reptiles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behaviour:<\/strong> It is<strong> active during the day<\/strong> and usually<strong> spends time in pairs or small groups.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is<strong> arboreal,<\/strong> but very rarely descends to the ground.<\/li>\n<li>It is quite noisy, <strong>producing squealing calls, loud cackling, or short pipping-like sounds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>flight is heavy, <\/strong>involving\u00a0flapping interspersed with glides.<\/li>\n<li>It prefers <strong>mature trees with large trunk girths, particularly <em data-start=\"4114\" data-end=\"4131\">Sterculia urens<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em data-start=\"4136\" data-end=\"4158\">Terminalia bellirica<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological role: <\/strong> It plays a<strong> crucial ecological role as a long-distance seed disperser,<\/strong> helping regenerate forests by transporting seeds of fruit-bearing trees across large areas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threat:<\/strong> It is mainly threatened by the :\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Loss of dry forests and fruit trees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hunting, and<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Disturbance from agriculture and livestock grazing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> IUCN Red List: \u00a0Least Concern (LC)\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Gujarat\u2019s Gir forests have recorded a major conservation success with the successful reintroduction and breeding of the Indian Grey Hornbill. About Indian Grey Hornbill The\u00a0Indian grey hornbill is a tropical bird found on the\u00a0Indian subcontinent. Scientific name: Its scientific name is Ocyceros birostris.\u00a0 Habitat: It prefers dry plains, foothills, and open habitats. Distribution: Among&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-grey-hornbill\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian Grey Hornbill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-367455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}