How many hornbill species are in the Philippines? There are 10*! 

They are named after their horn-shaped bills, typically with a casque on top.

7 of the 10 PH hornbills are threatened*, and two of them are among the most endangered hornbills in the world. One of them is the Dulungan 🙁

Philippine scripts featured in the graphic above are Tagbanwa, Hanunoo, Badlit, and Baybayin. Local names are from JC Gonzalez’s “Enumerating the Ethno-ornithological importance of Philippine hornbills“, published in 2011.

Which hornbills live on your island, and what is being done to protect them, their habitat, and the natural resources you share with them?

The province of Antique in Panay declared August as Dulungan Month since 2020. Support organizations such as @philincon and @goharibon to help conserve Dulungan and the forests we share with them. Dulungan is known internationally as the Rufous-headed Hornbill (𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪).

*IUCN Red List data 2023. The Philippine Red List includes the Samar hornbill, bringing the number to 11.