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Last spotted flying around the Port of Corpus

Updated: Sunday, 10 Mar 2013, 6:16 PM CDT
Published : Sunday, 10 Mar 2013, 6:16 PM CDT

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A bird from the Texas State Aquarium has apparently flown the coop.

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports (http://bit.ly/16kkqXB ) that aquarium officials on Sunday continued looking for Piper, a trumpeter hornbill. Piper was last spotted flying around the Port of Corpus Christi in South Texas on Saturday.

The female bird is recognizable by its disproportionately large beak, with a gray, hornlike projection on top.

Trumpeter hornbills are common in warm, coastal forests in southern Africa, said aquarium spokesman Richard Glover.

Anyone who sees Piper is asked to call 361-881-1215.

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Bird missing from Texas State Aquarium

Last spotted flying around the Port of Corpus

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