Borneo Hornbill

Hornbill is composed of 57 bird species spread across Asia and Africa. 14 of which are in Indonesia. Among hornbill, hornbills types of ivory is the biggest size, good head, beak and horn that covers the forehead. Hornbill ivory is one of 14 species of hornbills in Indonesia and became the mascot of West Kalimantan province. Because their numbers are fewer and fewer of these birds included in this type of fauna are protected by law.

The protected animals at a young age has a beak and a white crown. Along his age, beak and crown will change color to orange and red, is a result of frequent swiping hornbill beak into the red orange color-producing glands located under the tail. This bird like fig leaves as his favorite food, but not infrequently also eat insects, mice, lizards and even small birds.

Hornbills have a habit of living in pairs and how to lay eggs is a special attraction. At the beginning of the nesting period male birds make a hole that is located high in the trees for nesting and spawning a female bird. During incubating eggs, the females hiding cover the hole with leaves and mud with holes as windows. Then the male birds bird feeding females through a small hole during the incubation period, and continued until their children grow into young birds. That's why this hornbills serve as an example of life for people dayak for society to always love and loving spouse and caring for their child to become an independent Dayak and adults.

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Ordo: Coraciiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

Genus: Buceros

Species: Buceros vigil

Usual hornbills perched in a tall tree, before flying Hornbills provide not sign with a loud sound. When it airs hornbills flapping sound dramatic. These birds live in groups of about 2 to 10 fish per tree. Sometimes birds fly together in an amount between 20-30 tail. Hornbills sound is very distinctive and very loud as if calling sekawannya behind a shady tree. Season the eggs from April to July and chicks greater help birds provide a meal for an adult male and female birds children newly hatched.

In the culture of Dayak Kalimantan, hornbills always belonged. Myths and stories behind hornbills vary in each area one such myth says hornbill is an incarnation of Commander Bird. Commander Birds is a person who lived in the mountains inland Kalimantan and intangible unseen and will only be present during the war. Generally, these birds are considered sacred and are not allowed to be hunted let alone eaten. If there are hornbills were found dead, his body was not dumped. The head is used for the headdress. Order the head of a hard bony hornbills will remain durable shape. Headdress even this should only be used by respectable people.

But now this is a rare bird hornbills were already very difficult encounter in the jungle of Borneo, is due to the destruction of Borneo which constantly occur, such as deforestation and illegal logging both to clear land for palm oil plantations. The fate of hornbills is now the same as the fate of the Dayaks in Borneo are increasingly marginalized in their own land. This is also compounded by rampant poaching conducted surrounding communities. Price appreciated by one head hornbill IDR 2.5 million. Due to its price many inland race of the bird hunting in the forest.