First Record of Fig Stipule Provisioning to a Chick by a Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) in Sabah, Borneo

Authors

  • Ashraft Syazwan Ahmady YUSNI (1) Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88400, Malaysia. (2) Gaia, Jalan Setiabistari, Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.
  • Sanjitpaal SINGH Gaia, Jalan Setiabistari, Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.
  • Helson HASSAN Gaia, Jalan Setiabistari, Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.
  • Amidi MAJINUN Gaia, Jalan Setiabistari, Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.
  • Marc ANCRENAZ HUTAN Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Programme (KOCP), P.O. Box 17793, 88874 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • Ravinder KAUR Gaia, Jalan Setiabistari, Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v23i.7413

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Published

2026-09-24

How to Cite

YUSNI, A. S. A. ., SINGH, S. ., HASSAN, H. ., MAJINUN, A. ., ANCRENAZ, M. ., & KAUR, R. . (2026). First Record of Fig Stipule Provisioning to a Chick by a Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) in Sabah, Borneo. Journal of Tropical Biology & Conservation (JTBC), 23, 207–213. https://doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v23i.7413
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