
BIR067-00110
A helmeted hornbill head that’s been carved intricately. Carving of the bird’s bills for ivory has led to a massive decline in this species. This was dropped off by an anonymous donor more than a dozen years ago at the Houston Zoo.
Keywords
- art
- Birds
- black background
- Bones
- carving
- critically endangered animal
- extinction crisis
- full length
- Head
- helmeted hornbill
- illegal
- ivory
- Photo Ark
- Poaching
- Rhinoplax vigil
- side view
- Skull
- studio shot
This photo © Joel Sartore 2023. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.