OCTOBER '98
MYSTERY EYE CONTEST
ANSWER!
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THE QUESTION WAS...
Identify the type of bird whose eye is shown below by scientific and common names and give its natural range in the wild.
THE HINT WAS...
If you heard this species call on a dark halloween night,
it might cause you a very great fright!
THE ANSWER IS...
Trumpeter Hornbill
(Bycanistes bucinator)
This hornbill is native to the forests of Angola to Kenya in Africa. It has a loud crying call which sounds to some like mournful crying, thus its name, Trumpeter Hornbill. Although they make this call only during daylight hours, the call would be guaranteed to raise goose bumps if uttered during a dark Halloween night!
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