| Malabar grey hornbill | |
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| A female (top) with dark base to the lower mandible, and a male (below), both in Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Ocyceros |
| Species: | O. griseus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ocyceros griseus (Latham, 1790)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tockus griseus | |
The Malabar gray hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) is a hornbill endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills of southern India. They have a large beak but lack the casque that is prominent in some other hornbill species. They are found mainly in dense forest and around rubber, arecanut or coffee plantations.[2] They move around in pairs or small groups, feeding on figs and other forest fruits. Their loud cackling and laughing call makes them familiar to people living in the region.
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Ocyceros griseus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22682421A182384253. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682421A182384253.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Ranganathan, J; Daniels, RJ; Chandran, MD; Ehrlich, PR; Daily, GC (November 2008). "Sustaining biodiversity in ancient tropical countryside". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 105 (46): 17852–17854. doi:10.1073/pnas.0808874105. PMC 2577706. PMID 18981411.