Malabar Pied Hornbill
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Malabar Pied Hornbill

Anthracoceros coronatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Nagarhole National Park
119 Verified records at Nagarhole National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus), also known as the lesser pied hornbill, is a bird in the hornbill family, a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Malabar Pied Hornbill sighting in Nagarhole National Park, based on 119 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Nagarhole National Park

Malabar Grey Hornbill
VU Endemic

Malabar Grey Hornbill

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ocyceros griseus

20–30% · Possible
Indian Grey Hornbill
LC

Indian Grey Hornbill

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ocyceros birostris

5–10% · With luck
Common Hoopoe
LC

Common Hoopoe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Upupa epops

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
5–10
Feb
<5
Mar
5–10
Apr
5–10
May
5–10
Jun
10–20
Jul
5–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60–70%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
4 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
5 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
6 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
7 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
8 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
9 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
10 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Malabar Pied Hornbill in Nagarhole National Park?

About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Malabar Pied Hornbill sighting in Nagarhole National Park, based on 119 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Malabar Pied Hornbill in Nagarhole National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Malabar Pied Hornbill in Nagarhole National Park in our monthly data.

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