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The Narcondam hornbill is a small hornbill at 66 cm (26 in) long. [3] The sexes differ in plumage. The male has a rufous head and neck, black body and upper parts glossed with green. Females are all black. There is a bluish white throat patch and the tail is white in both sexes.
Narcondam hornbills are endemic to Narcondam Island in the Andamans. This is a list of endemic birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands . It is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones.
A Narcondam hornbill. About 25-32 bird species, both resident and migratory, have been recorded from the island. Of these, the most famous is the Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticeros narcondami), a threatened hornbill that is endemic to the island. The closest living relative of the bird is the Blyth's hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus). It has the ...
Rhyticeros is a genus of medium to large hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests from Southeast Asia to the Solomons. They are sometimes included in the genus Aceros . On the other hand, most species generally placed in Aceros are sometimes moved to Rhyticeros , leaving Aceros as a monotypic genus only containing the rufous-necked ...
Female great hornbill Hornbills are birds in the families Bucerotidae and Bucorvidae. There are currently 62 extant species of hornbills recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union, two in Bucorvidae and 60 in Bucerotidae. Many species of fossil hornbills are known from the Miocene onwards; however, their exact number and taxonomy are unsettled due to ongoing discoveries. Conventions ...
The Andaman forests are largely unspoiled, despite logging and the demands of the fast-growing population driven by immigration from the Indian mainland. There are protected areas on Little Andaman, Narcondam, North Andaman and South Andaman, but these are mainly aimed at preserving the coast and the marine wildlife rather than the rainforests ...
Narcondam hornbill; P. Plain-pouched hornbill; S. Sumba hornbill; W. Wreathed hornbill This page was last edited on 3 December 2008, at 09:04 (UTC). Text is ...
Bucerotiformes / b j uː ˈ s ɛ r ə t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes. [1] These birds were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes .