male indian gray hornbill (ocyceros birostris) feeding female and chicks : (pix sanjiv shukla)

activities aerial arboreal areas band bare bathe bill bill-grappling bird birds birostris black bucerotidae call casque cavity chicks common dark dust eggs entrance excreta eye eyelashes family feathers feeds female flapping flight foothills fruits gray grey groups himalayas hole hollows horn hornbill incubate indian insects iris jousting male medium-sized mollusks moults mud-pellets nest next ocyceros pairs pale red reddish reptiles scorpions sealed skin slit small social squealing subcontinent subterminal tail tip tree urban vertical white wing wings