Bucerotinae
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Bucerotinae is a subfamily of the hornbill family Bucerotidae. The subfamily contains all but two extant species of hornbills. There are 51 species spread over 8 genera
The subfamily is distributed widely throughout tropical Africa and Asia. They are typically large birds, and all can be readily identified by the huge, sickle-shaped bill.
- Genus TockusTockusTockus is a genus of the Bucerotidae family . They are found in Africa.-Species:* Crowned Hornbill, Tockus alboterminatus* Bradfield's Hornbill, Tockus bradfieldi* African Pied Hornbill, Tockus fasciatus...
- White-crested HornbillWhite-crested HornbillThe White-crested Hornbill , also known as the Long-tailed Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in humid forests of Central and West Africa...
Tockus albocristatus - Black Dwarf HornbillBlack Dwarf HornbillThe Black Dwarf Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and...
Tockus hartlaubi - Red-billed Dwarf HornbillRed-billed Dwarf HornbillThe Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan,...
Tockus camurus - Monteiro's HornbillMonteiro's HornbillThe Monteiro's Hornbill, Tockus monteiri, is an African Hornbill. It is a medium sized bird, with a length between 54 to 58 cm, characterized by a white belly, black back, with white spots on the wings and secondary flight feathers coloured white. The outer feathers of the long tail are also...
Tockus monteiri - Red-billed HornbillRed-billed HornbillRed-billed Hornbill is a relatively small species of hornbill found in savanna and woodland of sub-Saharan Africa. It is sometimes split into five species, the Northern Red-billed Hornbill , Western Red-billed Hornbill , Tanzania Red-billed Hornbill , Southern Red-billed Hornbill Red-billed...
Tockus erythrorhynchus - Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillEastern Yellow-billed HornbillThe Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill , formerly Northern Yellow-billed Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It resembles the Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, but has blackish skin around...
Tockus flavirostris - Southern Yellow-billed HornbillSouthern Yellow-billed HornbillThe Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill is a Hornbill found in southern Africa. It is a medium sized bird, with length between 48 to 60 cm, characterized by a long yellow beak with a casque . The skin around the eyes and in the malar stripe is pinkish...
Tockus leucomelas - Jackson's HornbillJackson's HornbillThe Jackson's Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda. Except for the dense white spots to the wing-coverts, it resembles, and is often considered a subspecies of, Von der Decken's Hornbill.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Tockus jacksoni - Von der Decken's HornbillVon der Decken's HornbillVon der Decken's Hornbill is a hornbill. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in East Africa, especially to the east of the Rift Valley, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania. It is mainly found in thorn scrub and similar arid habitats. It often includes Jackson's Hornbill as...
Tockus deckeni - Crowned HornbillCrowned HornbillThe Crowned Hornbill, Tockus alboterminatus, is an African hornbill. It is a medium-sized bird, with a length between 50 and 54 cm, and it is characterized by its white belly and black back and wings. The tips of the long tail feathers are white. The eyes are yellow; the beak is red and...
Tockus alboterminatus - Bradfield's HornbillBradfield's HornbillThe Bradfield's Hornbill, Tockus bradfieldi, is an African Hornbill. It is a medium sized bird, with length between 50 to 57 cm, characterized by white belly, black back and wings. The tip feathers of the long tail are white....
Tockus bradfieldi - African Pied HornbillAfrican Pied HornbillAfrican Pied Hornbill, Tockus fasciatus, is a hornbill. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.African Pied Hornbill is a common resident breeder in much of equatorial Africa from The Gambia to western Uganda and northern Angola. This is a bird mainly of...
Tockus fasciatus - Hemprich's HornbillHemprich's HornbillThe Hemprich's Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda.-References:...
Tockus hemprichii - Pale-billed HornbillPale-billed HornbillThe Pale-billed Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.-References:...
Tockus pallidirostris - African Grey HornbillAfrican Grey HornbillThe African Grey Hornbill, Tockus nasutus, is a hornbill. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.The African Grey Hornbill is a widespread and common resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa and into Arabia....
Tockus nasutus
- White-crested Hornbill
- Genus OcycerosOcycerosOcyceros is an Asian genus of the Bucerotidae family . Species included in the genus are:* Malabar Grey Hornbill, Ocyceros griseus* Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, Ocyceros gingalensis* Indian Grey Hornbill, Ocyceros birostris...
- Malabar Grey HornbillMalabar Grey HornbillThe Malabar Grey Hornbill, Ocyceros griseus, is a hornbill that is endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills of southern India. They have a large beak but lack the casque that is prominent in other species of hornbills. They are found mainly in dense forest and around rubber, arecanut or...
Ocyceros griseus - Sri Lanka Grey HornbillSri Lanka Grey HornbillThe Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill is a hornbill and a widespread and common endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World....
Ocyceros gingalensis - Indian Grey-Hornbill Ocyceros biostris
- Malabar Grey Hornbill
- Genus AnthracocerosAnthracocerosAnthracoceros is an Asian genus of the Bucerotidae family . Species included in the genus are:* Malabar Pied Hornbill, Anthracoceros coronatus* Oriental Pied Hornbill, Anthracoceros albirostris...
- Malabar Pied HornbillMalabar Pied HornbillThe Malabar Pied Hornbill is a hornbill. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World....
Anthracoceros coronatus - Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
- Black HornbillBlack HornbillThe Black Hornbill, Anthracoceros malayanus, is a species of bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae.It lives in Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.-External links:...
Anthracoceros malayanus - Palawan HornbillPalawan HornbillThe Palawan Hornbill , known locally as Talusi in Filipino language, is a smallish forest-dwelling bird. Its plumage is predominantly black with a white tail, a dark green gloss on its upper parts and a large creamy-white beak with a casque typical of the hornbill family...
Antracoceros marchei
- Malabar Pied Hornbill
- Genus BucerosBucerosBuceros is a genus of large Asian hornbills .-Species:Species included in the genus are:* Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros* Great Hornbill, Buceros bicornis* Rufous Hornbill, Buceros hydrocorax...
- Rhinoceros HornbillRhinoceros HornbillThe Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros, is one of the largest hornbills, adults being approximately the size of a swan, 110-127 cm long and weighing 2-3 kg . The Rhinoceros Hornbill lives in captivity for up to 35 years...
Buceros rhinoceros - Great HornbillGreat HornbillThe Great Hornbill also known as Great Indian Hornbill or Great Pied Hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. Great Hornbills are found in the forests of Nepal, India, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Indonesia. Their impressive size and colour have made them important in...
Buceros bicornis - Rufous HornbillRufous HornbillThe Rufous Hornbill , also known as Philippine Hornbill and, locally, as Kalaw is a large species of hornbill.-Distribution and habitat:...
Buceros hydrocorax - Helmeted HornbillHelmeted HornbillThe Helmeted Hornbill is a very large bird in the hornbill family. It is found in the Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo....
Buceros vigil
- Rhinoceros Hornbill
- Genus AnorrhinusAnorrhinusAnorrhinus is a genus of hornbills found in forests of south-east Asia...
- Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli
- Bushy-crested HornbillBushy-crested HornbillThe Bushy-crested Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Anorrhinus galeritus
- Genus PenelopidesPenelopidesPenelopides is the genus of relatively small, primarily frugivorous hornbills found in forests of the Philippines and the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Their common name, tarictic hornbills, is an onomatopoetic reference to the main call of several of them. They have a ridged plate-like structure...
- Luzon HornbillLuzon HornbillThe Luzon Hornbill , sometimes called Luzon Tarictic Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to forests on Luzon and nearby islands in the northern Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of P...
Penelopides manillae - Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis
- Tarictic HornbillTarictic HornbillThe Tarictic Hornbill is a hornbill found in rainforests on the islands of Panay, Negros, Masbate, and Guimaras, and formerly Ticao, in the Philippines...
Penelopides panini - Samar HornbillSamar HornbillThe Samar Hornbill The Samar Hornbill The Samar Hornbill (Penelopides samarensis is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in forests on the islands of Samar, Calicoan, Leyte and Bohol in the east-central Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it...
Penelopides samarensis - Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis
- Sulawesi HornbillSulawesi HornbillThe Sulawesi Hornbill , also known as the Sulawesi Tarictic Hornbill, Temminck's Hornbill or Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill, is a relatively small, approximately 45 cm long, black hornbill. The male has a yellow face and throat, and black-marked yellowish-horn bill...
Penelopides exarhatus
- Luzon Hornbill
- Genus AcerosAcerosAceros is a genus of large south-east Asian hornbills . This genus sometimes includes all species generally placed in the genus Rhyticeros. Alternatively, Aceros has been considered monotypic, only including the Rufous-necked Hornbill, in which case all of the remaining are moved to the Rhyticeros...
- White-crowned HornbillWhite-crowned HornbillThe White-crowned Hornbill , also known as the White-crested Hornbill , is a species of hornbill found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo...
Aceros comatus - Rufous-necked HornbillRufous-necked HornbillThe Rufous-necked Hornbill is a species of hornbill found in broadleaved forests at altitudes of in Bhutan, north-eastern India, Burma, southern Yunnan, south-eastern Tibet, northern and western Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam. Numbers have declined significantly due to habitat loss...
Aceros nipalensis - Wrinkled HornbillWrinkled HornbillThe Wrinkled Hornbill or Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill is a medium-large hornbill which is found in forest in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo...
Aceros corrugatus - Writhed-billed HornbillWrithed-billed HornbillThe Walden's Hornbill , also known as the Visayan Wrinkled Hornbill, Rufous-headed Hornbill or Writhed-billed Hornbill, is a critically endangered species of hornbill living in the rainforests on the islands of Negros and Panay in the Philippines...
Aceros waldeni - Knobbed HornbillKnobbed HornbillThe Knobbed Hornbill, Aceros cassidix, also known as Sulawesi Wrinkled Hornbill is a large black hornbill with a yellow bill, white tail feathers, pale blue skin around eye, blackish feet and bare dark blue throat. The male has rufous buff face and neck, orange-red eyes and a high reddish casque on...
Aceros cassidix
- White-crowned Hornbill
- Genus RhyticerosRhyticerosRhyticeros is a genus of medium to large hornbills found in forests from south-east Asia to the Solomons. They are sometimes included in the genus Aceros...
- Papuan (or Blyth's) HornbillPapuan HornbillThe Blyth's Hornbill is also known as Papuan Hornbill. Its local name in Tok Pisin is kokomo. It is a large hornbill species inhabiting the forest canopy in the Wallacea and Melanesia....
Rhyticeros plicatus - Narcondam HornbillNarcondam HornbillThe Narcondam Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to the Indian island of Narcondam in the Andamans. Males and females have distinct plumages.-Description:...
Rhyticeros narcondami - Plain-pouched HornbillPlain-pouched HornbillThe Plain-pouched Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in forests in southern Burma, adjacent parts of western Thailand and in northern Peninsular Malaysia....
Rhyticeros subruficollis - Wreathed HornbillWreathed HornbillThe Wreathed Hornbill , also known as the Bar-pouched Wreathed Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests from far north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland south-east Asia and the Greater Sundas, except Sulawesi. It is 75–100 cm long...
Rhyticeros undulatus - Sumba HornbillSumba HornbillThe Sumba Hornbill is a large bird in the Bucerotidae, or hornbill family. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.-Description:...
Rhyticeros everetti
- Papuan (or Blyth's) Hornbill
- Genus CeratogymnaCeratogymnaCeratogymna is a genus of large, primarily frugivorous hornbills found in the humid forests of Central and West Africa. They are sexually dimorphic, with males being overall black, while females have brown heads and a smaller casque...
- Trumpeter HornbillTrumpeter HornbillThe Trumpeter Hornbill, Bycanistes bucinator, is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between , characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females. The eyes are brown or red, with pink surrounding skin. Body mass is reported between . They are similar to Silvery-cheeked Hornbill...
Ceratogymna bucinator - Piping HornbillPiping HornbillThe Piping Hornbill is a hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. This black-and-white species is found in humid forest and second growth in Central and West Africa, ranging from Senegal east to Uganda and south to Angola. At about in length, it is the smallest member of the genus...
Ceratogymna fistulator - Silvery-cheeked HornbillSilvery-cheeked HornbillThe Silvery-cheeked Hornbill is a large bird at in length with a very large creamy casque on the beak. The female has a smaller casque and reddish skin around the eyes. The head is silver-grey and the rest of the plumage is iridescent black, except for the white rump, lower back, thighs, vent and...
Ceratogymna brevis - Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBlack-and-white-casqued HornbillThe Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Bycanistes subcylindricus, also known as Grey-cheeked Hornbill, is a large, approximately 70 cm long, black and white hornbill. It has an over-sized blackish bill with large casque on top...
Ceratogymna subcylindricus - Brown-cheeked HornbillBrown-cheeked HornbillThe Brown-cheeked Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo....
Ceratogymna cylindricus - White-thighed HornbillWhite-thighed HornbillThe White-thighed Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda...
Ceratogymna albotibialis - Black-casqued HornbillBlack-casqued HornbillThe Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill or Black-casqued Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family....
Ceratogymna atrata - Yellow-casqued HornbillYellow-casqued HornbillThe Yellow-casqued Wattled Hornbill , also known as the Yellow-casqued Hornbill, is found in the rainforest of coastal regions of West Africa, for example in Côte d'Ivoire....
Ceratogymna elata
- Trumpeter Hornbill
The subfamily is distributed widely throughout tropical Africa and Asia. They are typically large birds, and all can be readily identified by the huge, sickle-shaped bill.