Hornbills are found in sub-Saharan Africa; from India and continuing east through south and Southeast Asia; onto the Indonesian and Philippine archipelagos including New Guinea; and east to the Solomon Islands.
Hornbills inhabit deserts, rainforests, steppes (treeless plain, often semiarid and grass-covered), woodlands, savannas (flat grasslands), and mountains, but prefer forested areas to other locales. Hornbills must be near large trees in order to nest and feed. Different species prefer various habitats, allowing many species to live in the same area.
Hornbills are both fruit and fresh eaters. They are far-ranging in their search for food and drop the seeds of the fruits they eat as they go, dispersing them over a wide area.They are thus important seed dispersers for the forest, acting as agents of forest regeneration, at the same time as controlling insects and other small animal populations. As such, they can be regarded as indicators of high moist forests, ensuring the continuance of forest health and species richness.
Many species of Thai hornbills are at present near extinction. It is therefore vital to understand the basic needs for their survival in order to protect and conserve them.
The aims to the conservation for Hornbills are to:
1.Continuce and expand further research intiatives into hornbills and related topics.
2.Disseminate information on forest and the wildlife within them to the public.
3. Develope interest in and encourage the study of natural ecosystems among scientists,
researchers, students and schoolchildren.
4.Set up a centre for the exchange of information and training in research into hornbills at
both national and international levels.
5.To work for the good of the public or co-operate with other nonprofit-making institutions
for public benefits.
6.Not to be involved with any political activity.
Reflection:
through out so many research on the topic of Hornbills,now i then know that how amazing this creatures are.They do not eat meats but only vegetable and they the place that they live in,not only forest but they also live in desert which the whether can be so hot.However,such places only refers to some of the Hornbills and not all of them stays the same. Hornbills are the only birds in which the first two the axis and atlas are fused together; and this may probably provides a more stable platform for carrying the bill.Also,the family is omnivorous, They are monogamous breeders nesting in natural cavities in trees and sometimes cliffs. A number of species of hornbill are threatened with extinction and i also know that mostly insular species with small ranges.
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