Publication: Nest site characteristics of four sympatric species of hornbills in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
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1995-01-01
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1474919X
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00191019
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2-s2.0-0028974272
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Mahidol University
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Ibis. Vol.137, No.2 (1995), 183-191
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PILAI POONSWAD Nest site characteristics of four sympatric species of hornbills in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Ibis. Vol.137, No.2 (1995), 183-191. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1995.tb03238.x Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/17229
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Nest site characteristics of four sympatric species of hornbills in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
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Characteristics of nest sites, nest trees and nest holes were documented for four sympatric species of hornbills in Khao Yai National Park: the Great Buceros bicornis. Wreathed Rhy‐ticeros undulatus, Oriental Pied Anthracoceros albirostris and Brown Hornbills Ptilolaemus tickelli. Nearly all hornbills nested in cavities in the trunks of at least 13 different genera of living trees. Sixty percent of the 80 nests found were in two tree genera, Dipterocarpus (34%) and Eugenia (26%), which comprised only 7% and 3%, respectively, of all large trees in 302 sample plots. Hornbills tended to prefer holes high in large, emergent trees for nesting, except for the Brown Hornbills, which preferred nest holes within or below the main forest canopy (15–25 m high). Most nest sites were between 700 and 800 m a.s.l. (79% of the total of 80 nests). Brown Hornbill nests were located in areas with a significantly higher altitude than were those of the Oriental Pied Hornbill. Hornbills tended to select nest entrances according to their body size, and all four hornbill species used oval to elongated nest entrances, with the Great Hornbill preferring the most elongated entrances. Hornbills did not select a specific nest entrance orientation. Copyright © 1995, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved