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The Visayan Tarictic Hornbill, Penelopides panini,
is a hornbill found in rainforests on the islands of Panay, Negros,
Masbate, and Guimaras, and formerly Ticao, in the Philippines. The male has a creamy-white head and neck, a white upper chest, a reddish brown lower chest and uppertail-coverts, and a creamy-white buff tail with a broad black tip. The bill and casque are blackish; the former with yellowish ridges. The bare ocular skin is pinkish-white. The tail and bill of the female resemble that of the male, but otherwise the plumage of the female is black, and the ocular skin is blue. Visayan Tarictic Hornbills live in groups and frequent
the canopy of rainforests. These birds are noisy and emit an The principal food of Visayan Tarictic Hornbill is
fruit. It also eats insects, beetles, ants and earthworms (rarely).
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ANIMALS over 250 |
BIRDS over 500 |
FLOWERS over 225 |