Anthracoceros Explained
Anthracoceros is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae.
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1849.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus).[2] [3] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos meaning "coal black" and κερας keras, κερως kerōs meaning "horn".[4] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Anthracoceros was sister to the genus Ocyceros which contains the three grey hornbill species.[5]
The genus contains five species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Anthracoceros coronatus | | India and Sri Lanka |
| Anthracoceros albirostris | | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Guangxi, Yunnan and Tibet), Eastern and Northern India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam |
| Anthracoceros malayanus | | Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. |
| Anthracoceros marchei | | Palawan island |
| Anthracoceros montani | | Philippines |
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Notes and References
- Book: Reichenbach, Ludwig . Ludwig Reichenbach . 1849 . Avium Systema Naturale . 1 . Friedrich Hofmeister . German . Dresden and Leipzig . Plate XLIX .
- Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1945 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 5 . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 266 .
- Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Remsen . J.V. Jr. . James Van Remsen, Jr. . 2013 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 1: Non-passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-0-8 . 284 .
- Web site: Jobling . J.A. . 2019 . Anthracoceros . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology . Lynx Edicions . 23 July 2019 .
- Gonzalez . J.-C.T. . Sheldon . B.C. . Collar . N.J. . Tobias . J.A. . 2013 . A comprehensive molecular phylogeny for the hornbills (Aves: Bucerotidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 67 . 2 . 468–483 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.012. 23438388 . 2013MolPE..67..468G .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 23 July 2019 .
