Family: Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Authority: (Forster, 1781)

Red List Category

Criteria: A3cd

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Critically Endangered owing to severe hunting pressure and habitat loss. The level of hunting is expected to increase and spread across the range, given the value that is placed on the species's casque in illegal trade.

BirdLife Species Champion: The Peter Smith Trust

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,570,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial