Ocyceros birostris
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Grey Hornbill sighting in Jim Corbett National Park on a given day, based on 754 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 368 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and June
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Grey Hornbill in Jim Corbett National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November and December, the lowest months.
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.
5th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Indian Grey Hornbill sightings, Jim Corbett National Park ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Bandhavgarh National Park (India, about 70%), Satpura National Park (India, about 50%) and Kanha National Park (India, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Bucerotidae
The closest relatives of the Indian Grey Hornbill that you can see in Jim Corbett National Park (family Bucerotidae, Hornbills) are Great Hornbill (about 30%) and Oriental Pied Hornbill (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Grey Hornbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Jim Corbett National Park (754 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
