"hornbills"

Apart from Valentine’s Day and Makha Bucha, the second most important day in the Buddhist calendar, Thailand has also been celebrating “Love Hornbills Day” on February 13 every year since 1997.

We invite you on a journey through the natural abundance of Thailand’s preserved forests, where different species of hornbills live together and forage for food in wildlife sanctuaries.

Images of hornbills and other rare wild animals taken in Songkhla’s Khao Nam Khang National Park were posted on the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Facebook page on Sunday.

The recent sighting of several hornbills proves that the Mae Wong National Park is in a healthy state, a well-known bird photographer says.

Songkhla Zoo on Thursday organised a symbolic "wedding" ceremony of a pair of hornbills to mark Valentine's Day and Thailand's Hornbill Conservation Day on Wednesday.

Claiming there is a demand for baby hornbills from Phang Nga’s Koh Yao district, which are selling for Bt3,000 to Bt5,000 per pair, a member of the Tambon Kho Yao Noi Municipality and the Koh Yao conservation group on Thursday urged people to stop trading wildlife animals that are on the verge of extinction.