Thursday, July 19, 2012

>Rhyticeros subruficollis (Plain-pouched Hornbill)

Plain-pouched Hornbill








Plain-pouched Hornbill
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Bucerotidae
Genus:Rhyticeros
Species:R. subruficollis
Binomial name
Rhyticeros subruficollis
(Blyth, 1843)
Synonyms
Aceros subruficollis
The Plain-pouched Hornbill (Rhyticeros subruficollis) is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in forests of the Dawna Range and the Tenasserim Hills of southern Burma, adjacent parts of western Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia.
It is threatened by habitat loss.

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