The crowned hornbill has a white eyebrow and belly and a red-orange bill. In moist evergreen forest it lives in pairs or small family groups and eats fruit and insects.
Its plumage is sooty brown with a white eyebrow and belly. The bill and casque are orange-red with a yellowish line at the base. Females are smaller, with a lower casque and yellow eyes.
In moist evergreen forest it is mainly sedentary and usually seen in pairs or family groups of up to 7. It feeds in trees on fruit and insects and may come to the ground for fallen fruit. In arid regions, larger flocks may move between elevations outside the breeding season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.