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Bucerotidae

Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae � Con Foley http://www.pbase.com/con_foley/birds

According to the IOC there are 59 species of typical Hornbills in the family Bucerotidae; they are:

Tickell's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli
Austen's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni
Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus

Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi
African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus
Hemprich's Hornbill Tockus hemprichii
Pale-billed Hornbill Tockus pallidirostris
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
Northern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
Black Dwarf Hornbill Tockus hartlaubi
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Tockus camurus

White-crested Hornbill Tropicranus albocristatus

Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus
Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris

Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei
Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
Sulu Hornbill Anthracoceros montani

Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
Rufous Hornbill Buceros hydrocorax

Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil

Sulawesi Hornbill Penelopides exarhatus
Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides panini
Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae
Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis
Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis
Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis

White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus

Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis
Knobbed Hornbill Aceros cassidix
Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros corrugatus
Walden's Hornbill Aceros waldeni

Writhed Hornbill Aceros leucocephalus
Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
Narcondam Hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami
Plain-pouched Hornbill Rhyticeros subruficollis
Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus
Sumba Hornbill Rhyticeros everetti

Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis

Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
Yellow-casqued Wattled Hornbill Ceratogymna elata

family links

Typical Hornbills Bucerotidae
http://www.avianweb.com/hornbills.html
Hornbills (family: Bucerotidae) are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured.
Typical Hornbills Bucerotidae
http://home.montereybay.com/creagrus/hornbills.html
Hornbills are spectacular denizens of the Old World tropics. They range from dense primary forests to dry open savanna, and each species is a dramatic bird...
Typical Hornbills Bucerotidae
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/winkler/botw/bucerotidae.html
Order: Coraciiformes - Family: Bucerotidae - 45 species...

species links

African Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/horn-crown.htm
Good image plus notes
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/grey_hornbill.htm
Good image and notes.
African Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/red_hornbills.htm
Good image & notes
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/yellow_hornbill.htm
Image & notes
Malay Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/wildlife/center/semeng/hbill/abhorn.htm
Notes & drawn image...
Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill - Aceros leucocephalus
http://www.coraciiformestag.com/Hornbill/leucocephalus/mindanao.html
Species account
Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei
http://www.pcsd.ph/photo_gallery/fauna/palawanhornbill.htm
Image, notes and conservation status...
Papuan Wreathed Hornbill Aceros plicatus
http://www.coraciiformestag.com/Hornbill/plicatus/papuan.html
Species account
Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis
http://pup.princeton.edu/birds/ident/india/3.html
Species account
Sulawesi Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros cassidix
http://www.coraciiformestag.com/Hornbill/cassidix/sulawesi.html
Images, status and comprehensive species account
Sulu Hornbill Anthracoceros montani
http://birdbase.hokkaido-ies.go.jp/rdb/rdb_en/anthmont.pdf
Full downloadable account...
Trumpeter Hornbill Ceratogymna bucinator
http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Trumpeter_Hornbill.asp
Image & species account
Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus
http://www.coraciiformestag.com/Hornbill/undulatus/wreathed.html
Species account

numbers

Number of bird species: 59

useful reading

The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills

- Farmers of the Forest by Margaret F Kinnaird and Timothy G O'Brien 352 pages, 15 col plates, 91 halftones, 27 line drawings, 32 tabs. University of Chicago Press - Hardcover due February 2008
ISBN: 9780226437125
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The Hornbills: Bucerotiformes

(Bird Families of the World series)by Martin Woodcock (Illustrator); A. C. Kemp Oxford University Press; (October 1996)
ISBN: 019857729X
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clubs

Hornbill Research Foundation

http://www.thaihornbill.org/
The Hornbill Research Foundation was set up following a project initiating research into the ecology of hornbills by the faculty of science, Mahidol University in 1980. The study was begun in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand and later expanded to include forests in western and southern regions. Apart from the biology and ecology of hornbills, research was also made into their range and status throughout the country. As a result, an increasing number of research workers were needed to cope with the expansion of project and the maintenance of uninterrupted record-keeping. This led to the creation of a foundation which H.R.H. Princess Mahachakri Sirinthorn was graciously pleased to name and The Hornbill Research Foundation was set up in July 1993...

Sri Lankan Hornbills

http://www.srilankanhornbills.org/history.html
The aims of the Sri Lankan Hornbills are to identify, classify, protect and preserve Sri Lankan Hornbills ND natural areas and landscapes in Sri Lanka which have outstanding biological, geological or aesthetic value and to foster in the people of Sri Lanka an awareness and appreciation of their natural heritage...