The Bucerotidae family has 55 species worldwide. These birds are found in tropical part Africa and Asia and unique fact is that birds from the two regions are different and species do not exist in both environment.

There are 24 species in Africa of which 13 of then are birds of the open country grassland and savanna. The remaining are found in dense forest. Even so, none of the African species Hornbills would be classified as threatened.

Quite an opposite scenario is seen in Asia. There are only 12 species recorded in South East Asia and only 1 of them is a bird from the open country. Otherwise almost al the Hornbills are forest species. Most species of Hornbill in Asia are classified as "threatened" due to serious habitat losses.

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