Friday, July 13, 2012

>>Genus Ocyceros

Ocyceros


Ocyceros
Head of Indian Grey Hornbill, woodcut from The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Bucerotidae
Genus:Ocyceros
Hume, 1873
Species
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Ocyceros is an genus of the Bucerotidae family (hornbills) that is limited to the Indian Subcontinent. The three Species included in the genus are:
  • Malabar Grey Hornbill, Ocyceros griseus
  • Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, Ocyceros gingalensis
  • Indian Grey Hornbill, Ocyceros birostris

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