Wednesday, July 18, 2012

>Aceros leucocephalus (Writhed Hornbill)

Writhed Hornbill



Writhed Hornbill
female
Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Bucerotidae
Genus:Aceros
Species:A. leucocephalus
Binomial name
Aceros leucocephalus
(Vieillot, 1816)
The Writhed Hornbill (Aceros leucocephalus), also known as the Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to humid forests on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Dinagat and Camiguin Sur. It formerly included the Rufous-headed Hornbill as a subspecies, but unlike that species, both sexes of the Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill have orange-red throat and peri-ocular skin.

Male in the Philippines
The Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

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