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2 unusual facts about Visayan Hornbill


Visayan Hornbill

The Visayan Hornbill (Penelopides panini) is a hornbill found in rainforests on the islands of Panay, Negros, Masbate, and Guimaras, and formerly Ticao, in the Philippines.

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This species has just been imported from Panay in the Philippines by Chester Zoo, England.


Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park

The site is home to a wide range of flora and fauna of the Western Visayas, as the Visayan Leopard Cat, the Visayan warty pig, the Visayan spotted deer, the Negros Bleeding-heart dove, the Blue-naped Parrot, the Visayan Hornbill, Walden's Hornbill, and the Panay monitor.


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