Writhed hornbill
| Writhed hornbill | |
|---|---|
| |
| female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Rhabdotorrhinus |
| Species: | R. leucocephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus (Vieillot, 1816)
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| Synonyms | |
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Aceros leucocephalus | |
The writhed hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus), also known as the Mindanao wrinkled hornbill, is a species of
Bucerotidae
.
It is Camiguin Sur. It formerly included the Walden's hornbill as a subspecies
, but unlike that species, both sexes of the writhed hornbill have orange-red throat and peri-ocular skin.
The writhed hornbill is threatened by
habitat loss
and hunting.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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