male helmeted hornbill approaching a tree to bring food to his mate and chick.

Poached for Its Horn, This Rare Bird Struggles to Survive

The mysterious helmeted hornbill fades from Southeast Asia’s forests as poachers and traffickers target it for the illegal wildlife trade.

In a forest in southern Thailand, a male helmeted hornbill approaches a tree where his mate and chick have been sequestered for months, relying on him to bring food.
This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine.

This article was produced in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and is part of a multimedia effort to raise international awareness about the plight of the helmeted hornbill.
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