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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.
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 ...
Narcondam hornbill: Aceros narcondami: 320 – 340 [3] EN [3] [3] Only found on the 3 km×4 km Narcondam Island. [3] Kofiau paradise kingfisher: Tanysiptera ellioti:
The island provides an important example of evolutionary processes due to its isolation. It is the only place where the endangered Narcondam hornbill (pictured) is found, and it is also home to several endemic species of the Andaman Islands. [82] Ekamra Kshetra – The Temple City, Bhubaneswar: Odisha: 2014 i, ii, iii (cultural)
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 .
The Narcondam shrew (Crocidura narcondamica) is a white-toothed shrew in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Narcondam Island, a small, remote, volcanic island situated in Andaman Sea and considered part of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. It was discovered in April 2020 and was described about a year later in 2021. [1] [2] [3]