LIFE-HISTORY

All research on Abyssinian Ground-hornbill breeding ecology to-date has been on birds in captivity. We aim to conduct field research to better understand the life-history traits of this species in the wild. 

Here is a list of research papers compiled by our research team that covers some aspects of the biology and cultural significance of the Abyssinian Ground-hornbill:

• On a peculiarity in the carotid arteries,  and other points in the anatomy of the ground‐hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus (Garrod, 1876)

• A description of the vessels of the neck and head in the ground‐hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus (Ottley, 1879)

• The Amblyceran mallophaga (biting lice) found on the Bucerotidae (hornbills) (Elbel, 1967)

• Helminthes parasites d’animaux sauvages au Sénégal: Histiocephalus bucorvi n. sp. (Hedruridae, nematoda), parasite du ventricule succenturié de Bucorvus abyssinicus (Grand Calao d’Abyssinie) (Gretillat, 1967)

• Artificial rearing of hornbills (Bucorvus abyssinicus, Boddaert 1783) (Rau, 1986)

• Maintaining and breeding the Abyssinian ground hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus at the Dallas Zoo (Falzone, 1989)

• Aeromonas hydrophila as cause of hemorrhagic septicemia in a ground-hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) (Ocholi & Kalejaiye, 1990)

• DNA extraction, amplification, and direct sequencing from hornbill feathers (Morin et al., 1994)

• Is there a visitor effect on Abyssinian Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus abyssinicus), Papuan Wreathed Hornbills (Aceros plicatus), Wrinkled Hornbills (Aceros corrugatus), and Toco Toucans (Ramphastos toco) in a captive zoo environment? (Thicks, 2008)

• Origin and diversification of hornbills (Bucerotidae) (PHD thesis: Gonzalez, 2012)

• A comprehensive molecular phylogeny for the hornbills (Aves: Bucerotidae) (Gonzalez et al., 2013)

• Evolution of bill size in relation to body size in toucans and hornbills (Aves: Piciformes and Bucerotiformes) (Hughes, 2014)

• Ground-hornbills in American zoos: a case study of the challenges to ex-situ population sustainability for conservation (6th International Hornbill Conference proceedings, December 2015: Makati, Philippines; Sweeney, 2015)

• Ground-hornbills (Bucorvus) show means-end understanding in a horizontal two-string discrimination task (Danel et al., 2019)

• Bucerotidae from the early Miocene of Napak, Uganda (East Africa): the earliest hornbill with a modern‐type (Riamon et al., 2021)

• Oromo folklore manifested through features of the Northern Ground-Hornbill in Ethiopia (Asefa & Debella, 2021) 

• Exploration of human-bird relationships: Oromo proverbs associated with the Northern Ground-hornbill in Ethiopia (Asefa, 2021)