Writhed hornbill
Species of bird
Writhed hornbill | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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.
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The writhed hornbill is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.
References
- ^ 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.
- BirdLife Species Factsheet.
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