Narcondam Hornbill
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Acrylic on Indian 500 Rupee banknote
73 x 157 mm
All hornbill species are under serious threat. Their horns are prized as ‘yellow ivory’ or ‘red ivory’ and carved into knick-knacks to sell to tourists. Hornbills are known as ‘farmers of the forest’ as they play a vital role in dispersing the seeds of the biggest fruit trees great distances throughout the forest. Were the hornbills to disappear, many of the tree species would also become extinct. The Narcondam Hornbill lives only on the tiny Indian island of Narcondam.