Wildlifeof Thailand
Plain-pouched Hornbill
Bucerotidae
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain
Rhyticeros subruficollis
Basic stats
Diet
Fruit and small animals
Habitat
Lowland evergreen forest
Range
Myanmar, Thailand and Malay Peninsula
The unmarked throat pouch distinguishes this highly mobile forest hornbill, whose flocks commute between fruiting trees and large cavity nests (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Vulnerable (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Plain-pouched Hornbill eat?
- Fruit and small animals
- What habitat does the Plain-pouched Hornbill live in?
- Lowland evergreen forest
- Where is the Plain-pouched Hornbill found?
- Myanmar, Thailand and Malay Peninsula