The hornbill is a great hornbill bird from the Jungle Cruise.
History[]
Biography[]
The hornbill is a bird which during the 1930s, built its nest within the rafters of the Jungle Navigation Company's Mekong boathouse.
Development history[]
The hornbill was originally designed by Marc Davis to appear in a gag where a crocodile attempted to eat it. This gag was scrapped and the audio-animatronic bird was instead put alongside toucans near the beginning of the ride.[1] Around the time Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye was constructed causing a rerouting of the Jungle Cruise's rivers, the hornbill was moved to the queue.
Appearances[]
Jungle Cruise[]
In Disneyland's Jungle Cruise, the hornbill sits in the rafters overtop of guests. The bird appears in the Magic Kingdom, sitting atop Trader Sam's Gift Shop!.
Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions[]
The hornbill appears in an adaptation of the original Marc Davis gag in this Jungle Cruise.
Western River Railroad[]
The bird sits along the train-tracks in the Adventureland section of this ride.
In other media[]
Skipper Survival Guide[]
There is a message from October 10, 1937 which says, "We still have not been able to get rid of that darn hornbill that's started roosting above the stairway. I told Willis not to feed it".
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