Abstracts and Papers

Guidelines for Abstracts and Papers Submission
  Papers are welcome on the conference themes. The papers must be original and have not been published before. Full papers must be submitted to the Secretariat. Abstracts must be in English, not exceeding 400 words. The Proceedings of the conference will be published by National Parks Board, Singapore.
 
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  Oral Presentation

Keynote Papers
Alan and Meg Kemp
(South Africa)
The Diversity and Radiation of Hornbills: How, When, Where and Why might they have occurred?

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Pilai Poonswad (Thailand)

Implementation of basic research to secure the survival of hornbills: management of nest cavities in different forest habitats

Margaret Kinnaird & Tim O’Brien


Past and Future Directions in Hornbill Research


Session 1 : Status and Distribution

Anak Pattanavibool (Thailand)
Hornbill population estimates as guidance for conservation and management of rare and threatened hornbills in key protected sites in Thailand

Kizungu Byamana Robert (DR Congo) Action Plan for conservation of hornbill species in Irangi Forest, Eastern D R Congo

S. Seaturn, C. Hallam &  A. Johnson (Lao PDR)
Hornbills as landscape species: Strategic planning for Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) conservation in Lao PDR

Thuch Phalla & Kry Masphal (Cambodia)


Legal framework for protection of hornbills in Cambodia
Tan Setha & Kry Masphal (Cambodia)


The status and distribution of hornbills in Cambodia

Sneha Vijayakumar (India)

Status survey of the Malabar Pied Hornbill in the Dandeli region,   northern Western Ghats, India

Abrar Ahmed (India) The illegal trade, trapping and utilization of hornbills in India



Session 2 : Ranging Behaviour

Pornkamol Jornburom (Thailand)

Estimate of hornbill density in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Uthai Thani Province, Thailand
G.A. Wagh, J.S. Wadatkar & Kasambe Raju (India)

The preferential route of dispersal route for Malabar Pied Hornbill   (Anthracoceros coronatus) from the Himalayas to the Western   Ghats is through the Satpuda Hills in Central India

Ravinder Kaur, Teresa Ong, Lim Kim Chye & Yeap Chin Aik (Malaysia)

A survey on mass movements of the vulnerable Plain-pouched Hornbill (Aceros subruficollis) in the Temengor Forest Complex,   Peninsular Malaysia

Jutamas Tifong, Pilai Poonswad, Anak Pattnavibool & Vijak Chimchome (Thailand)


Home range and habitat use of Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) determined by radio-tracking in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Utha Thani Province, Thailand




Session 3 : Humans, Conservation and Threats to hornbills

Vanida Philakone et al. (Laos) Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) an ambassador for conservation
Amitha Bachan et al. (India) Participatory conservation and monitoring of hornbills with the Kadar Tribes of South India
Wee Yeow Chin (Singapore)


Citizen science and the monitoring of hornbills in Singapore

Vy Nguyen Tran (Vietnam)


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Vilma d’Rozario, G.S. Teo & M. Neo (Singapore)


Kids learn about Hornbills

Nurul Winarni & Martin Jones (Indonesia)

The effect of anthropogenic disturbance on hornbill populations in   Buton, southeast Sulawesi

Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez (Philippines)

Enumerating the ethno-ornithological importance of Philippine   hornbills

Woraphat Arthayukti (Thailand) The Role of the Hornbill Research Foundation, Thailand



Session 4 : Research techniques in captivity and the wild


D. Lohman et al. (Singapore)

DNA study of regional genetic diversity in Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) and Rhinoceros Hornbills (Buceros rhinoceros)

Y. Trisurat et al. (Thailand)

Modelling hornbill distributions in Thailand

Lai Huimin et al. (Singapore)

Global Positioning System by satellite tracking for Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) during the breeding season in   Pulau Ubin, Singapore

Huang Jing Hui(Singapore)

Preliminary study of the minimum viable population of Oriental Pied Hornbills in Pulau Ubin, Singapore

Sitthichai Jinamoy (Thailand)

Predictive distribution modeling for Rufous-necked Hornbills (Aceros nipalensis) in Western Forest Complex, Thailand

Yok Yok Hadiprakarsa, Margaret Kinnaird & John P. Carroll (Indonesia) Artificial nests in the propagation and survey of Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) in Singapore – in the wild and   in captivity
Kemp, Kemp & Siriporn (Thailand) Use of look-out watches over forest to estimate density of hornbills, great argus and diurnal raptors at Bala Forest, Thailand
Marc Cremades et al. (Singapore) Artificial nests in the propagation and survey of Oriental Pied Hornbills in Singapore
Ragupathy Kannan, Douglas A. James & K.H. Amithab Bachan

Installation of artificial nest cavities for the endangered Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis): A pilot study in Southern India
Chakorn Pasuwan et al. (Thailand)

An assessment of artificial nest perception by hornbills in Budo-Su-Ngaui Padi National Park, Thailand



Session 5 : Feeding in the forests


E. Santhoshkumar & P. Balasubramaniam (India)

Fruit preferences of Indian Grey Hornbill during non-breeding season in Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary, Eastern Ghats, India

Sukanya Chaisuriyanun (Thailand)

Food consumed by Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) and Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in tropical rain forest, Budo-Sungai Padi National Park, Thailand

Tommaso Savini & Chuti-on Savini (Thailand)

Feeding overlap affects seed dispersal efficiency between sympatric hornbills and gibbons

Chuti-on Kanwatnakid & Pilai Poonswad (Thailand)

Niche overlap among four hornbill species at Khao Yai National Park, focusing on nutritional values

P. Balasubramaniam (India)

Vegetation features and restoration initiatives in the Indian Grey Hornbill habitats in Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary, Eastern Ghats, India

Vijak Chimchome (Thailand)

Comparative study on vegetation diversity in the Western Forest Complex and Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Pravin Charde et al. (India)

Breeding behaviour of Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris in Central India




Session 6 : Nests and home life of the hornbills

Sirirak Supa-Amornkul (Thailand)

Wood decay fungi in hornbill nest cavity in Khao Yai Naitonal Park, Thailand

Pravin Charde, Raju Kasambe, Anil Pimplapure & J.L. Tarar

Nest sanitation in Indian Grey Hornbill (Ocyeros birostris) in Central India

Siriphatr Chamutpong et al. (Thailand)

A hybrid between Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) and Rhinoceros Hornbill (B. rhinoceros) in the wild in southern Thailand: The impact from habitat fragmentation

Ng Soon Chye (Singapore)

Infanticide-cannibalism observations in the Oriental Pied Hornbill




Session 7 : Hornbills in Singapore

Minerva Bongko-Nuqui et al. (Singapore) A review of captive hornbills at the Jurong Birdpark – Collection, Management and Conservation
Wong Tuan Wah (Singapore) Singapore Hornbill Project: a Great Simple Idea

M. Fauzy b. Mos et al. (Singapore)

Re-introduction of the Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in Singapore

Marc Cremades et al. (Singapore)

Re-introduction of captive Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) in Singapore



Poster Presentation

Wilaiwan Kalyakool (Thailand)


Home range of Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) in tropical rain forest
Que Tengcheng et al. (China)
Experiment on artificial hatching and rearing of an Oriental Pied Hornbill

Shumpei Kitamura, Siriporn T.A., Sitichai M. & Pilai Poonswad (Japan and Thailand)


Characteristics of hornbill-dispersed fruits in dipterocarp forests in southern Thailand

Permsak Kanishthajata et al (Thailand) Home Range and Daily Movement of Tickell’s Brown Hornbills Anorrhinus tickelli in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
A. Bloem & J. Henrot (Brunei) Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris in Panaga, west Brunei: A Breeding Colony in a Residential Environment
H. Gath et al.
(United Kingdom)
A case study of visual discrimination with Abyssinian ground hornbills Bucorvus abyssinicus and Von der Decken’s hornbill Tockus deckerii
Mike Chong (Malaysia) Observations on the breeding biology of Helmeted Hornbill Buceros vigil in Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
David Lee (Indonesia) Homes for Sumatran Hornbills

Sephy Noerfahmy, Nurul Winarni, Yok-Yok Hadiprakarsa, Pascal Sukandar (Indonesia)


Home range and group size of Bushy-crested Hornbill in Way Canguk Research Station, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, southern Sumatra

Teresa Ong, Lim Kim Chye, Yeap Chin Aik & Ravinder Kaur (Malaysia)


Nesting hornbills in Temengor Forest Reserve, Perak, Malaysia



Interesting Links

ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Hornbill Research Foundation
Hornbill Search Engine
National Parks Board
Singapore Bird Park