Writhed hornbill

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Writhed hornbill
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Rhabdotorrhinus
Species:
R. leucocephalus
Binomial name
Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus
(Vieillot, 1816)
Synonyms

Aceros leucocephalus

The writhed hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus), also known as the Mindanao wrinkled hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to humid forests on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Dinagat and Camiguin Sur. It formerly included the Walden's hornbill as a subspecies, but unlike that species, both sexes of the writhed hornbill have orange-red throat and peri-ocular skin.

Male in the Philippines Aceros leucocephalus -Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao, Philippines -male-8a.jpg
Male in the Philippines

The writhed hornbill is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22682522A184689600. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682522A184689600.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.