The Rufous-headed Hornbill is a large hornbill of island forests. Males with rufous heads look different from black-headed females.
Most of the bird is black, with a cream-colored tail ending in a black band. It has an orange casque above the bill. Males have a rufous head and yellow pouch; females have a black head and neck and blue-and-yellow facial skin.
It inhabits lowland and foothill forest on Panay and Negros. Its call includes a throaty, three-note chuckle.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.