'Vulnerable' Palawan hornbill chicks hatch in foreign zoo

Three chicks of an endangered bird endemic in the Philippine province of Palawan is being caught on video hatching in a Polish zoo.

A video posted on Reuters Twitter shows the mother of the little birds attending to its hatchlings.

Three Palawan Hornbill chicks hatch at Polish zoo pic.twitter.com/Shv3QYMmqK

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 19, 2020

The Palawan hornbill, known as Talusi in the Philippine language Cuyunon, is a forest-dwelling bird with predominantly black plumage and a white tail. It is endemic in Palawan.

Noel Rafael, one of the curators at Ark Avilon Wildlife Conservation Foundation (AAWCF) back in 2012 told GMA News TV show “Tonight With Arnold Clavio" that the Palawan hornbill, among three species of birds in the Philippines, is already "vulnerable", meaning it could face extinction within the next 20 to 50 years. —LBG, GMA News