Camera Trapping: A Tool to Study Hornbills?

THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL
VOL LXXIX NO.100 DECEMBER 2018

Title :
Camera Trapping: A Tool to Study Hornbills?

Author :
Thaqifah S. Jailan, Melynda Cheok Ka Yi, Sally S. Kaicheen, Hidayah Nurul-Asna, Philovenny Pengiran and Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan

Abstract:

Of the 57 species of hornbills in the world, 25 species are recorded in Africa, 32 species are recorded in Asia but only eight occur in Borneo. However, due to logging, hunting and forest fragmentation, the Bornean lowland forest often does not host all the species at once. The study of using remotely triggered infrared cameras in avifauna research is commonly used for medium to large terrestrial mammals, and birds, such as pheasants. Documentation of rare and new species presence records, behavioural studies, and activity patterns could also be included in the application of camera trapping in the study of birds. From the 304 camera trapping sites distributed throughout Sarawak, two species of hornbills were photographed during the study period: the White-Crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus and Asian Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus. These images represent approximately 0.01% (34 out of 29,618 images) of the overall independent photos from a total effort of 29,470 camera trapping nights. Although data are insufficient to support the activity overlap between these two species, some baseline information on the behaviour of hornbills has been observed.

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2018-TT45-18

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How to cite:
Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan et. all (2018). Camera Trapping: A Tool to Study Hornbills?. Sarawak Museum Journal, LXXIX (100): 287-294 https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2018-TT45-18

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