Quang Tri, Oct. 14 -- The Kim Ngan Forest Protection Station under the Quang Tri provincial Sub-department of Forest Protection has received two endangered brown hornbills from a local resident to transfer them to Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park for care and eventual release into the wild.

The birds had earlier flown into the home of Ho Va Li, a resident of Ha Lec village in Kim Ngan commune. Realising that they might be a rare species, he promptly informed the authorities and voluntarily handed them over in accordance with regulations.

According to the Kim Ngan Forest Protection Station, the two hornbills have been identified as Anorrhinus austeni, a species listed in Group IB, endangered and precious forest animals subject to strict...