Yellow-casqued Hornbill Male Skull Replica

Description

Yellow-casqued hornbill male skull replica measures 8.8 x 2.5 x 5.7 inches. The Ceratogymna elata skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a private collector specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

The yellow-casqued hornbill, also known as the yellow-casqued wattled hornbill, inhabits the rainforests of coastal West Africa.

As one of the largest birds of the West African forest, adults weigh up to 4.4 lb. They occupy the forest canopy and rarely feed on the ground.

These hornbills live in small family groups containing at least one adult male, an adult female, and one or two immature birds. They sometimes gather in larger flocks to exploit a major food supplies like ant or termite nests.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Order: Bucerotiformes
• Family: Bucerotidae
• Genus: Ceratogymna
• Species: C. elata
• Binomial name: Ceratogymna elata (Temminck, 1831)
• Conservation status: Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)

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