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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 ...
Hornbill was used as the official mascot of one of Malaysia's political parties, the Democratic Action Party. The Rhinoceros hornbill is the official state animal of Sarawak, a Malaysian state located in Borneo. The great hornbill, a member of the hornbill family, is the official state bird of Kerala, an Indian state. The species is rated ...
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 southern rufous hornbill was formerly a subspecies of the rufous hornbill. The outer half of the southern rufous hornbill's bill is marked with a pale yellow. The species measures approximately 60–65 cm (24–26 in). Males weigh around 1,345–1,612 g (47.4–56.9 oz) and females around 1,413–1,662 g (49.8–58.6 oz). [3]
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 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".
Narcondam hornbill: Narcondam Rhyticeros subruficollis: Plain-pouched hornbill: southern Myanmar, adjacent parts of western Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia Rhyticeros undulatus: Wreathed hornbill: north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sundas in Indonesia Rhyticeros everetti ...
They have brown-grey wings, a white carpal patch and black primary flight feathers tipped with white. The Indian grey hornbill, which is found mainly on the adjoining plains, is easily told apart by its prominent casque, and in flight by the white trailing edge of the entire wing. The Malabar grey hornbill has a grey back and a cinnamon vent.