Hornbills nest in hollow trees where the male seals the female in using mud and feces. She is dependent on her mate to feed her for 4 months until the chicks fledge. Females’ necks are black while males are yellow and have a “wrinkled” beak. More than 50 have hatched in the U.S. since 1988 while breeding at the Tulsa Zoo commenced in 2007.
Macrocephalon maleo Often called “incubator birds”, adults bury their enormous eggs in the seashore’s hot sand and abandon them, allowing the sand’s heat to…