Anthracoceros

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Anthracoceros
Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Anthracoceros
Reichenbach, 1849
Type species
Buceros monoceros[1]
Shaw, 1811
Species

Anthracoceros coronatus

Anthracoceros albirostris

Anthracoceros malayanus

Anthracoceros marchei

Anthracoceros montani

Anthracoceros is a genus of

Bucerotidae
.

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist

sister to the genus Ocyceros which contains the three grey hornbill species.[6]

The genus contains five species:[7]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Anthracoceros coronatus Malabar pied hornbill India and Sri Lanka
Anthracoceros albirostris Oriental pied hornbill Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Guangxi, Yunnan and Tibet), Eastern and Northern India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Anthracoceros malayanus Black hornbill Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.
Anthracoceros marchei Palawan hornbill Palawan island
Anthracoceros montani Sulu hornbill Philippines

References

  1. ^ "Bucerotidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1849). Avium Systema Naturale (in German). Vol. 1. Dresden and Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. Plate XLIX.
  3. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 266.
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  5. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Anthracoceros". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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  7. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 July 2019.