In Captivity
Very few hornbills are held in captivity and few of them breed well. The females at the nests are extremely easy to capture and wild caught birds are female biased. Breeding them in captivity has been notoriously difficult with fewer than a dozen successful attempts. Their extreme selectivity for mates and the long and strong pair bonds make them difficult to maintain for breeding.
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