Anorrhinus

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Anorrhinus
Two Bushy-crested Hornbills (Anorrhinus galeritus) in a tree.jpg
Bushy-crested hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Anorrhinus
Reichenbach, 1849
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Ptilolaemus

Anorrhinus is a genus of hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests of Southeast Asia (just barely extending into adjacent parts of India and China). They are social and typically seen in groups, but only the dominant pair are believed to breed, while other group members act as helpers.

Taxonomy[]

This genus is sometimes limited to the bushy-crested hornbill, in which case the two remaining species, which are sometimes considered conspecific, are placed in the genus Ptilolaemus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Anorrhinus was sister to a clade containing the genera Anthracoceros and Ocyceros.[1]

The genus contains three species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Bird White throated Brown Hornbill (cropped).jpg Anorrhinus austeni Austen's brown hornbill northeastern India and south to Vietnam and northern Thailand
Tickells Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli) with food in beak.jpg Anorrhinus tickelli Tickell's brown hornbill or rusty-cheeked hornbill Burma and adjacent western Thailand
Anorrhinus galeritus (12737603485).jpg Anorrhinus galeritus Bushy-crested hornbill Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand

References[]

  1. ^ Gonzalez, J.-C.T.; Sheldon, B.C.; Collar, N.J.; Tobias, J.A. (2013). "A comprehensive molecular phylogeny for the hornbills (Aves: Bucerotidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 67 (2): 468–483. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.012.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  • Kemp, A. C. (2001). Family Bucerotidae (Hornbills). pp. 436–523 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, J. eds. (2001). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Mousebirds to Hornbills. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-30-X


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