A large hornbill of forested hills. Males have a rufous head and neck; females are black and differ in the colors of bare facial skin.
Adult males have a rufous head, neck, and underparts with a pale ivory bill. Adult females are black, with blue bare skin around the eye and a red pouch.
An annotated checklist of birds from Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, combines field surveys and opportunistic observations from 2010 to 2016. It records 252 species and identifies 66 as first regional records. The checklist brings together observations from surveys and local reports to describe the birds of this mountainous region.
For the Rufous-necked Hornbill, the checklist reports two dead birds brought by a village hunter from mature forest near Mouling in December 2009. The location is shown between Bomdo and Mouling. The account preserves one dated occurrence in the regional record, tied to a particular forest and place.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The Upper Siang checklist records the 2009 report of two dead birds brought from mature forest near Mouling. Its authors call for further surveys in remote areas. Repeated bird surveys that include mature forest around Mouling can add to the region’s occurrence records.