Biology:Writhed hornbill

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Short description: Species of bird

Writhed hornbill
Aceros Leucocepalus.jpg
female
Scientific classification edit
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

The writhed hornbill is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

References

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