Observation of captive rhinoceros hornbills (Buceros rhinoceros) in Jurong bird park and in 3 Thailand zoos as part of a selection for the re-introduction program of rhinoceros hornbills in Singapore.

• Main Author: Koh, Geraldine Huiping.
• Other Authors: Ng Soon Chye
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Zoology::Animal behavior
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45110
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The last record of the existence of rhinoceros hornbills (Buceros rhinoceros) in Singapore was in 1898 (Raffles bulletin of zoology 2007) but the population has since died out. In 2006, a female great pied hornbill (GPH) and a female rhinoceros hornbill (RH) were spotted in a forest in Eng Neo Avenu...