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Bucerotiformes
Birds  Bucerotidae  

Bucorvidae

A family of bizare looking birds Female hornbills enter the nesting ho;e and are sealed in by the male until the young hornbills are to large to remain in the nest and are ready to fly.   The male then wets the mud that he had used to seal her in, then helps to brake her out.
 

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