Research has been underway since June 2015 to determine if the colorful oriental pied hornbill can be successfully re-introduced into jungle one hour outside Chiang Mai, Thailand. The hornbill may soaring again in Mae Kampong under the supervision of Dr. Pilai Poonswad, founder the Hornbill Research Foundation at Mahidol University and Flight of the Gibbon Zipline Eco-adventure tours based there.