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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 eastern long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus cassini) is a species of bird in the hornbill family Bucerotidae found in humid forests of West Africa. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill ( Horizocerus albocristatus ) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".
The Browning Version is a play by Terence Rattigan, seen by many as his best work, and first performed on 8 September 1948 at the Phoenix Theatre, London. [1] [2] It was originally one of two short plays, jointly titled "Playbill"; the companion piece being Harlequinade, which forms the second half of the evening. [3]
Knobbed hornbill Sulawesi, Buton, Lembeh, Togian and Muna Island. An undescribed extinct hornbill species from Lifou in the Loyalty Islands , living until at least some 30,000 years ago, was initially placed in Aceros , but its biogeography places it with the species now in Rhyticeros (Steadman, 2006).
Recent genetic data show that ground hornbills and Bycanistes form a clade outside the rest of the hornbill lineage. [6] They are thought to represent an early African lineage, while the rest of Bucerotiformes evolved in Asia.
The great hornbill is a large bird, 95–130 cm (37–51 in) long, with a 152 cm (60 in) wingspan and a weight of 2 to 4 kg (4.4 to 8.8 lb). The average weight of 7 males is 3 kg (6.6 lb) whereas that of 3 females is 2.59 kg (5.7 lb). [ 9 ]
Close-Up of Southern Ground Hornbill. This is a large bird, at 90 to 129 cm (2 ft 11 in to 4 ft 3 in) long. Females weigh 2.2 to 4.6 kilograms (4.9 to 10.1 lb), while the larger males weigh 3.5 to 6.2 kilograms (7.7 to 13.7 lb).
The books were published in 1935, with a discussion on composition added later. The content in the books is largely based on The Manual of English Grammar and Composition by J. C. Nesfield . Other books in this series are Elementary English Grammar , A First Book of English Grammar and Composition , High School English Grammar and Composition ...