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Berenicornis comatus is a large hornbill, reaching a length of 83–102 cm (33–40 in) and a weight of 1.3–1.5 kg (2.9–3.3 lb). Females are smaller than males. The plumage is black and white. The head, neck, breast and tail are white, while the remaining plumage is black. It has white crown feathers erected in a crest (hence the common name).
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 Black dwarf hornbill is typically classified in the genus Tockus but in this study, is a sister species to the White-crested hornbill. If these two species are classified in congeneric, Tropicranus becomes a junior synonym of Horizocerus , as that was one of the old names used for the Black dwarf hornbill.
Genus Aceros - rufous-necked hornbill; Genus Anorrhinus - brown hornbill; Genus Anthracoceros - pied hornbill; Genus Berenicornis - white-crowned hornbill (sometimes included in Aceros) Genus Buceros; Genus Bycanistes; Genus Ceratogymna - casqued hornbill; Genus Lophoceros; Genus Ocyceros - grey hornbill; Genus Penelopides
The western long-tailed hornbill was formally described in 1848 by the American ornithologist John Cassin based on a specimen that had been collected near the Saint Paul River in Liberia. He coined the binomial name Buceros albocristatus. [2] [3] The specific epithet combines the Latin albus meaning "white" with cristatus meaning "crested" or ...
The tips of the long tail feathers are white. The eyes are yellow; the beak is red and presents a stocky casque on the upper mandible. In females, the casque is smaller. The crowned hornbill can be distinguished from the similar Bradfield's hornbill by its shorter beak.
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 .
White-crested hornbill, Horizocerus albocristatus: ... Horizocerus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, that are native to West Africa.