ENDANGERED HORNBILLS: Love Birds in the making

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Only a handful of bar-pouched wreathed hornbills live in the United States, and two of them reside right here in Jefferson County. This species (Rhyticeros undulatus) is endangered in their wild habitat in Southeast Asia, but those that live in facilities in the U.S. may be able to help their kind avoid extinction. The North Florida Wildlife Center (NFWC) in Lamont is one such facility. It has been home to a female bar-pouched wreathed hornbill named Seza for