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Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: Bucerotidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genera
Aceros Anorrhinus Anthracoceros Buceros Bucorvus Ceratogymna (=Bycanistes) Ocyceros Penelopides Tockus

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. This hornbill was photographed on the San Diego Wild Animal Park by AstroNomer File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Binomial name Bucorvus abyssinicus (Boddaert, 1783) The Abyssinian Ground-hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus (also known as Northern Ground-hornbill) is one of two species of ground-hornbill. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Alcedinidae Halcyonidae Cerylidae Brachypteraciidae Coraciidae Leptosomidae Meropidae Momotidae Todidae Bucerotidae Upupidae Phoeniculidae The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills. ... C. S. Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783-September 18, 1840) was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life. ... Aceros is a genus of the hornbills (Bucerotidae family). ... Genus Anorrhinus Reichenbach, 1849 Anorrhinus is a genus of the Bucerotidae Family (hornbills). ... Species Anthracoceros is a Asian genus of the Bucerotidae family (hornbills). ... Buceros is a genus of the Bucerotidae Family (hornbills). ... Bucorvus is a genus of the Bucerotidae family (hornbills). ... Species see text Ceratogymna (alternative name Bycanistes) is a genus of the hornbill family, Bucerotidae. ... Species Ocyceros is an Asian genus of the Bucerotidae family (hornbills). ... Species Penelopides manillae - Luzon Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis - Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides panini - Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides samarensis - Samar Hornbill Penelopides affinis - Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides exarhatus - Sulawesi Hornbill Penelopides is a genus of the hornbill bird family Bucerotidae. ... Species see text Tockus is a genus of the Bucerotidae family (hornbills). ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Orders Many - see section below. ...

Both the common English and the scientific name of the family refer to the shape of the bill, "buceros" being "cow horn" in Greek. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The Bucerotidae family includes 57 species, 9 of them endemic to the southern part of Africa. Their distribution ranges from Africa south of the Sahara through tropical Asia to the Philippines and Solomon Islands. Most are arboreal birds of dense forest, but the large ground hornbills (Bucorvus), as their name implies, are terrestrial birds of open savanna. A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Savanna is a grassland dotted with trees, and occurs in several types of biomes. ...

The female lays up to six white eggs. During incubation, the female (of all species except the two ground hornbills) is locked within the nest cavity by a wall made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow aperture, big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks. When the chicks and the female are too big to fit in the nest, the mother breaks out and rebuilds the wall, then both parents feed the chicks. In some species the chicks themselves rebuild the wall unaided. A basket style nest A nest is place of refuge built to hold an animals eggs and/or provide a place to raise their offspring. ...

Hornbills are omnivorous birds, eating fruit, insects and small animals. An omnivore (from Latin: omne all, everything; vorare to devour) is an animal that eats both plants and meat. ...

In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, hornbills are separated from the Coraciiformes, which also includes kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers, as a separate order Bucerotiformes. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a radical bird taxonomy based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies conducted in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. ... Families Alcedinidae Halcyonidae Cerylidae Kingfishers are birds of the three families Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water kingfishers). ... Genera Nyctyornis Meropogon Merops The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. ... Genera Coracias Eurystomus The Rollers are an Old World family of near passerine birds. ...

Some species have different plumages for each sex. The blue throat of the Abyssinian Ground Hornbill pictured here shows it to be an adult female.

Most species' casques are very light, containing a good deal of air space. However, the Helmeted Hornbill has a solid casque made of a material called hornbill ivory, which the Chinese valued greatly as a carving material, as did the Japanese, who often used it to make netsuke. Binomial name Buceros vigil Forster, 1781 The Helmeted hornbill, Buceros (or Rhinoplax) vigil, is a very large bird in the hornbill family. ... Hornbill ivory (also called golden jade) is a precious ornamental material derived from the Helmeted Hornbill (Buceros vigil), a large bird of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo Many hornbill species have casques, decorative growths on the upper mandible of the bill. ... a monkey-shaped netsuke a netsuke maintains an inro (box) in the obi (belt) Japanese artists starting in the 17th century cleverly invented the miniature sculptures known as netsuke (Japanese:根付) to serve a very practical function. ...

Red-billed Hornbills
(Tockus erythrorhychus)

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red-billed hornbill Public domain from USFWA File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... red-billed hornbill Public domain from USFWA File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Species Tockus erythrorhynchus (Temminck, 1823) Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) is a hornbill. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...

References

• Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Robert's Birds of South Africa, 6th Edition

Hornbill is also the magazine of the Bombay Natural History Society. This society's icon is a Great Indian Hornbill sitting on a branch. The Bombay Natural History Society is the largest organisation engaged in conservation research in the Indian subcontinent. ... Binomial name Buceros bicornis Linnaeus, 1758 The Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) is a large hornbill. ...

External links

• Hornbill videos on the Internet Bird Collection