Ocyceros birostris
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The Indian gray hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) is a common hornbill found on the Indian subcontinent. It is mostly arboreal and is commonly sighted in pairs. It has grey feathers all over the body with a light grey or dull white belly. The horn is black or dark grey with a casque extending to the point of curvature of the horn. It is one of the few hornbill species found in urban areas in many cities where they are able to make use of large trees in avenues.
The Indian grey hornbill is a medium-sized hornbill, measuring around 61 cm (24 in) in length. The upper parts are greyish brown and there is a slight trace of a pale supercilium. The ear coverts are darker. The flight feathers of the wing are dark brown with a whitish tip. The tail has a white tip and a dark subterminal band. They have a red iris and the eyelids have eyelashes. The casque is short and pointed.
The male has a larger casque on a dark bill, and the culmen and lower mandible are yellowish. The bare skin around the eye is dark in the male, but sometimes pale reddish in females. The female has a more yellowish bill with black on the basal half and on the casque.
The juveniles lack the casque, and the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bareilly | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Jammu | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Aligarh | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Lucknow | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Agra | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Chandigarh | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Zoological Park Delhi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Grey Hornbill sighting in Ahmedabad on a given day, based on 280 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 168 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, June and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Grey Hornbill in Ahmedabad on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–September and November–January, the lowest months. Those are among Ahmedabad's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Grey Hornbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
36th of 44
Of the 44 cities where we can rate Indian Grey Hornbill sightings, Ahmedabad ranks 36th at about 10%. The best odds are in Indore (India, about 60%), Bareilly (India, about 60%) and Dehradun (India, about 60%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Grey Hornbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Ahmedabad (280 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
