Biology:Eastern long-tailed hornbill

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Short description: Species of bird

Eastern long-tailed hornbill
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Horizocerus
Species:
H. cassini
Binomial name
Horizocerus cassini
(Finsch, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Ortholophus cassini Finsch, 1903
  • Horizocerus albocristatus cassini (Finsch, 1903)

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".

Taxonomy

The eastern long-tailed hornbill was formally described in 1903 by the German naturalist Otto Finsch based on a specimen from Gabon in West Africa. He coined the binomial name Ortholophus cassini.[2][3] The specific epithet was chosen to honour the American ornithologist John Cassin.[4] The species is now placed in the genus Horizocerus that was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The eastern long-tailed hornbill was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".[5]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Horizocerus cassini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22725956A94907270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725956A94907270.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22725956/94907270. Retrieved 9 January 2024. 
  2. Finsch, Otto (1903). "Ueber die arten der Bucerotidien gattung Ortholophus, Grant" (in German). Notes from the Leiden Museum 23 (4): 195-205 [201-205. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9658054. 
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 261. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480272. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n93/mode/1up. 
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (December 2023). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/mousebirds/. 

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