From: Pardosa@hotmail.com
Subject: African birds - pardosa_birds_red-billed_hornbill_051.jpg
Date: 13 Sep 1998 14:21:20 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals

Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) is a hornbill. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.

The Red-billed Hornbill is a common resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa. During incubation, the female lays three to six white eggs in a tree hole, which is blocked off with a plaster of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow aperture, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks.