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Bucerotidae

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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 below. The HBW says 14 genera, 54 species, 78 taxa

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://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/hornbills-bucerotidae

Medium-sized to very large birds with long, curved bill surmounted by hollow casque; broad, rounded wings and long tail...

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

Number of Species

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
Buy this book from NHBS.com

The Hornbills: Bucerotiformes

(Bird Families of the World series)by Martin Woodcock (Illustrator); A. C. Kemp Oxford University Press; (October 1996)
ISBN: 019857729X
Buy this book from NHBS.com

Organisations

Hornbill Research Foundation

Website

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...

Checklist of Hornbills of the World

Website

Checklist & distribution.

Photographers & Artists

Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus

Gallery

Excellent image...

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas

Gallery

Excellent images...

White Crowned Hornbill Aceros comatus

Gallery

Stunning images

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