African Hornbills Under Threat
For millions of years, the African landscape has been home to hornbills, known for their distinctive calls and large, raucous flocks.
Ornithologist Nico Arcilla, who first encountered these birds in Gabon in the late 1990s, describes them as "fabulous birds ... very charismatic and iconic."
“There’d be a big flock of them flying together, and you could hear them because their wings are big, and they’re loud when they fly,”
Arcilla returned to West Africa in 2008 to study the impact of logging on forest birds, but was shocked to find that hornbills were absent from the forest canopies.
“I saw parrots, but no hornbills.”
The reason for their disappearance was found to be the international trade, which Arcilla describes as "frightening".
Author's summary: Hornbills face threats from international trade.
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