Monday, July 16, 2012

>Anorrhinus tickelli (Tickell's Brown Hornbill)

Tickell's Brown Hornbill



Rusty-cheeked Hornbill
Kaeng Krachan, Thailand
Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Bucerotidae
Genus:Anorrhinus
Species:A. tickelli
Binomial name
Anorrhinus tickelli
(Blyth, 1855)
Synonyms
Ptilolaemus tickelli
The Tickell's Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the Rusty-cheeked Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in southern Burma and adjacent western Thailand. It often includes the Austen's Brown Hornbill as a subspecies.
It is about 60–65 cm in length. It is a medium sized hornbill, darker brown above and red brown below. Male has brighter rufous-cheeks and throat. Juveniles of both sexes resemble adult males.
It inhabits the evergreen and deciduous hill forest from foothills to 1500 m.
It breeds co-cooperatively, in groups.Habitat loss to logging and agriculture known to be prevalent within its range.
The binomial commemorates the ornithologist Samuel Tickell.

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