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How does the shovel-billed kingfisher find earthworms?

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yellow-billed hornbill — Coraciiform Yellow-billed hornbill (*Tockus leucomelas*).

The shovel-billed kingfisher (Clytoceyx rex) of New Guinea is a partly terrestrial species that finds earthworms by digging them directly from the soil of the forest floor using its short, heavy bill.1