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Mar 29, 2018

Bird with an over-designed bill?

Photo:Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images
ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL
(Anthracoceros albarostris)
An Oriental Pied Hornbill eats a seed as it perches in a tree in Pobitora Village, on the outskirts of Guwahati, in India's northeast Assam State.   The huge bill assists in fighting, preening, constructing nests and catching prey.   Whatever its intended use, it seems an over-statement and does, in fact, compromises the hornbill's vision field somewhat.
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BarrytheBirder

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