BANGKOK: Time is running out for Thailand’s dwindling population of helmeted hornbills, thanks to poaching of the exotic birds for the ivory-like casques atop their big red and yellow beaks.
The species, also known as Rhinoplax vigil, is listed as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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