Hornbills of India - Different species of Hornbills found in India

Hornbills are for us the symbols of Indian forests. There are nine species of hornbills that can be found in India. one has to travel from southern most part of India to the eastern most part of India to see all of them. If that is not hard enough , take the case of the Narcondam hornbill, which is found only in one remote island about 1500 kms away from the mainland.



When we decided to this video we had already seen all the Hornbills except for the Narcondam Hornbill. For seeing the Narcondm one needs special permission from the government. The permit is hardly issued and only for researchers it is given.



Hornbills in India are facing a tough future like all the wildlife in India. Being  large birds requiring old growth forests they are facing habitat loss in a big way.



So we covered certain conservation issues about the hornbill as well.








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