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Bucerotiformes is an
order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...
of birds that contains the
hornbill Hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly coloured and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandibl ...
s,
ground hornbill The ground hornbills (Bucorvidae) are a family of the order Bucerotiformes, with a single genus ''Bucorvus'' and two extant species. The family is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa: the Abyssinian ground hornbill occurs in a belt from Senegal east ...
s,
hoopoe Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all of the extant species were lumped as a single ...
s and
wood hoopoe The wood hoopoes or scimitarbills are a small African family, Phoeniculidae, of near passerine birds. They live south of the Sahara Desert and are not migratory. While the family is now restricted to Sub-Saharan Africa, fossil evidence show ...
s. These birds were previously classified as members of
Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful birds including the kingfishers, the bee-eaters, the rollers, the motmots, and the todies. They generally have syndactyly, with three forward-pointing toes (and toes 3 & 4 fused at their bas ...
. The
clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English ter ...
is distributed in
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
,
Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
,
Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
and
Melanesia Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from Indonesia's New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea. The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, V ...
.


Systematics

Recent genetic data show that ground hornbills and '' Bycanistes'' form a clade outside the rest of the hornbill lineage. They are thought to represent an early African lineage, while the rest of Bucerotiformes evolved in Asia. The hoopoe subspecies
Saint Helena hoopoe The Saint Helena hoopoe (''Upupa antaios''), also known as the Saint Helena giant hoopoe or giant hoopoe, is an extinct species of the hoopoe (family Upupidae), known exclusively from an incomplete subfossil skeleton. It was last seen around 1550 ...
and the Madagascar subspecies are sometimes elevated to a full species. The two wood hoopoe genera, ''
Phoeniculus ''Phoeniculus'' is a genus of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa. The genus contains the following species: Members of this genus have long, slightly down-curved, pointed bills with stout bases. Mos ...
'' and ''
Rhinopomastus Scimitarbills (also spelt scimitar-bills) are three species of African bird belonging to the genus ''Rhinopomastus''. They are often classified in the woodhoopoe family, Phoeniculidae; however, genetic studies show that they diverged from the tr ...
'', appear to have diverged about 10 million years ago, so some systematists treat them as separate subfamilies or even separate families. Extinct
Messelirrisoridae The extinct ''Messelirrisor'' is a genus of Bucerotiformes, the sole representative of the family Messelirrisoridae. They were tiny hoopoe-like birds that were the earliest representatives of the hoopoe/ wood-hoopoe lineage, and they were among t ...
and Laurillardiidae families were both considered to be stem groups of a previously categorized
Upupiformes Bucerotiformes is an order of birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes. These birds were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes. The clade is distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and Melanesia. ...
order prior to it being subcategorized into Bucerotiformes.Mayr, Gerald (2009). "Paleogene Fossil Birds". In Springer Science & Business Media, 21 April 2009, p. 194.


Taxonomy

Order Bucerotiformes *Family ''
Messelirrisoridae The extinct ''Messelirrisor'' is a genus of Bucerotiformes, the sole representative of the family Messelirrisoridae. They were tiny hoopoe-like birds that were the earliest representatives of the hoopoe/ wood-hoopoe lineage, and they were among t ...
'' **Genus '' Messelirrisor'' *** ''Messelirrisor halcyrostris'' *** ''Messelirrisor grandis'' *** ''Messelirrisor parvus'' *Family '' Laurillardiidae'' **Genus '' Laurillardia'' *** ''Laurillardia longirostris'' *** ''Laurillardia munieri'' *** ''Laurillardia smoleni'' *Suborder Upupi **Family
Phoeniculidae The wood hoopoes or scimitarbills are a small African family, Phoeniculidae, of near passerine birds. They live south of the Sahara Desert and are not migratory. While the family is now restricted to Sub-Saharan Africa, fossil evidence show ...
***Genus ''
Phoeniculus ''Phoeniculus'' is a genus of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa. The genus contains the following species: Members of this genus have long, slightly down-curved, pointed bills with stout bases. Mos ...
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Green wood hoopoe The green wood hoopoe (''Phoeniculus purpureus'') is a large, up to long, near-passerine tropical bird native to Africa. It is a member of the family Phoeniculidae, the wood hoopoes, and was formerly known as the red-billed wood hoopoe. Descri ...
, ''Phoeniculus purpureus'' ****
Violet wood hoopoe The violet wood hoopoe (''Phoeniculus damarensis'') is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...
, ''Phoeniculus damarensis'' ****
Black-billed wood hoopoe The black-billed wood hoopoe (''Phoeniculus somaliensis'') is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is native to eastern Africa where it is found in wooded and scrubby areas. Description The black-billed wood hoopoe is very similar ...
, ''Phoeniculus somaliensis'' ****
White-headed wood hoopoe The white-headed wood hoopoe (''Phoeniculus bollei'') is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. Etymology The bird's scientific species name ''bollei'' honors Carl August Bolle (1821-1909), a German naturalist and collector. Subspeci ...
, ''Phoeniculus bollei'' **** Forest wood hoopoe, ''Phoeniculus castaneiceps'' ***Genus ''
Rhinopomastus Scimitarbills (also spelt scimitar-bills) are three species of African bird belonging to the genus ''Rhinopomastus''. They are often classified in the woodhoopoe family, Phoeniculidae; however, genetic studies show that they diverged from the tr ...
'' **** Black scimitarbill, ''Rhinopomastus aterrimus'' ****
Common scimitarbill The common scimitarbill (''Rhinopomastus cyanomelas'') is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, ...
, ''Rhinopomastus cyanomelas'' **** Abyssinian scimitarbill, ''Rhinopomastus minor'' **Family
Upupidae Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all of the extant species were lumped as a single ...
***Genus ''
Upupa Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all of the extant species were lumped as a single ...
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Eurasian hoopoe The Eurasian hoopoe (''Upupa epops'') is the most widespread species of the genus '' Upupa''. It is a distinctive cinnamon coloured bird with black and white wings, a tall erectile crest, a broad white band across a black tail, and a long narrow ...
, ''Upupa epops'' ****
African hoopoe The African hoopoe (''Upupa africana'') is a species of hoopoe in the family Upupidae. Previously considered as a subspecies (''Upupa epops africana'') of the Eurasian hoopoe, it is a resident species of southern Africa. Taxonomy The African ...
, ''Upupa africana'' ****
Madagascar hoopoe The Madagascar hoopoe (''Upupa marginata'') is a species of hoopoe in the family Upupidae. It was previously considered a subspecies (''Upupa epops marginata'') of the hoopoe, but was split due to its vocalisations and small differences in plumag ...
, ''Upupa marginata'' *Suborder Buceroti **Family Bucorvidae ***Genus '' Bucorvus'' ****
Abyssinian ground hornbill The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (''Bucorvus abyssinicus'') is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. It is the second largest species of African hornbill, only surpas ...
, ''Bucorvus abyssinicus'' ****
Southern ground hornbill The southern ground hornbill (''Bucorvus leadbeateri''; formerly known as ''Bucorvus cafer'') is one of two species of ground hornbill, both of which are found solely within Africa, and is the largest species in the hornbill order worldwide. It ...
, ''Bucorvus leadbeateri'' **Family
Bucerotidae Hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly coloured and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandibl ...
***Genus '' Bycanistes'' ****
Trumpeter hornbill The trumpeter hornbill (''Bycanistes bucinator'') is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between , characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females. The eyes are brown or red, with pink surrounding skin. Body mass is between ...
, ''Bycanistes bucinator'' ****
Piping hornbill The piping hornbill (''Bycanistes fistulator'') is a bird in the hornbill family. This black-and-white species is found in humid forest and second growth in Central and West Africa, ranging from Senegal east to Uganda and south to Angola. At a ...
, ''Bycanistes fistulator'' ****
Silvery-cheeked hornbill The silvery-cheeked hornbill (''Bycanistes brevis'') is a large species of hornbill found in Africa. Silvery-cheeked hornbills are residents of the tall evergreen forests of East Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. In Zimbabwe it is threatened ...
, ''Bycanistes brevis'' ****
Black-and-white-casqued hornbill The black-and-white-casqued hornbill (''Bycanistes subcylindricus'') also known as the grey-cheeked hornbill, is a large black and white hornbill. It has an oversized blackish bill with a large casque on top. The female is slightly smaller than ...
, ''Bycanistes subcylindricus'' ****
Brown-cheeked hornbill The brown-cheeked hornbill (''Bycanistes cylindricus'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical mois ...
, ''Bycanistes cylindricus'' **** White-thighed hornbill, ''Bycanistes albotibialis'' ***Genus '' Tropicranus'' (sometimes included in ''Tockus'') ****
White-crested hornbill The white-crested hornbill (''Horizocerus albocristatus''), also known as the long-tailed hornbill, is a species of hornbill (family Bucerotidae) found in humid forests of Central and West Africa. Taxonomy There are three subspecies, which ...
, ''Tropicranus albocristatus'' ***Genus ''
Tockus ''Tockus'' is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa. Description Hornbills in the genus ''Tockus'' are medium-sized African birds with triangular shaped curved bills. They can be found in tropical a ...
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Black dwarf hornbill The black dwarf hornbill (''Horizocerus hartlaubi'') or western little hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae Hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. Th ...
, ''Tockus hartlaubi'' **** Red-billed dwarf hornbill, ''Tockus camurus'' ****
Monteiro's hornbill The Monteiro's hornbill (''Tockus monteiri'') is a species of hornbill that is native to the dry woodlands of southwestern Africa. It is a common, near-endemic species in Namibia, with a total population estimated at 340,000 individuals. Descrip ...
, ''Tockus monteiri'' ****
Red-billed hornbill The red-billed hornbills are a group of hornbills found in the savannas and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. They are now usually split into five species, the northern red-billed hornbill (''Tockus erythrorhynchus''), western red-billed hornbill ...
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Northern red-billed hornbill The northern red-billed hornbill (''Tockus erythrorhynchus'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found from southern Mauritania through Somalia and northeast Tanzania. There are five species of red-billed hornbills recogn ...
, ''Tockus erythrorhynchus'' *****
Damara red-billed hornbill The Damara red-billed hornbill (''Tockus damarensis'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in southwest Angola and northern Namibia. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific. Description ...
, ''Tockus damarensis'' *****
Southern red-billed hornbill The southern red-billed hornbill (''Tockus rufirostris'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae, which is native to the savannas and dryer bushlands of southern Africa. It is replaced by a near-relative, the Damara red-billed hornbil ...
, ''Tockus rufirostris'' *****
Tanzanian red-billed hornbill The Tanzanian red-billed hornbill (''Tockus ruahae'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in central Tanzania. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific. Description Tanzanian red-billed ho ...
, ''Tockus ruahae'' *****
Western red-billed hornbill The western red-billed hornbill (''Tockus kempi'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found from Senegal and Gambia to southern Mauritania and western Mali. There are five species of red-billed hornbills generally recog ...
, ''Tockus kempi'' **** Eastern yellow-billed hornbill, ''Tockus flavirostris'' ****
Southern yellow-billed hornbill The southern yellow-billed hornbill (''Tockus leucomelas'') is a hornbill found in southern Africa. Yellow-billed hornbills feed mainly on the ground, where they forage for seeds, small insects, spiders and scorpions. This hornbill species is a ...
, ''Tockus leucomelas'' **** Jackson's hornbill, ''Tockus jacksoni'' ****
Von der Decken's hornbill Von der Decken's hornbill (''Tockus deckeni'') is a hornbill found in East Africa, especially to the east of the East African Rift, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania. It is found mainly in thorn scrub and similar arid habitats. Jackson's hornbill i ...
, ''Tockus deckeni'' **** Crowned hornbill, ''Tockus alboterminatus'' **** Bradfield's hornbill, ''Tockus bradfieldi'' ****
African pied hornbill The African pied hornbill (''Lophoceros fasciatus'') is a bird of the hornbill family, a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World. The African pied hornbill is a common resident breeder in much of equatorial Africa, from ...
, ''Tockus fasciatus'' ****
Hemprich's hornbill Hemprich's hornbill (''Lophoceros hemprichii'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda. Habitat As observed in the Degua Tembien district of north Et ...
, ''Tockus hemprichii'' **** Pale-billed hornbill, ''Tockus pallidirostris'' **** African grey hornbill, ''Tockus nasutus'' ***Genus ''
Ocyceros ''Ocyceros'' is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae. Established by Allan Octavian Hume in 1873, it contains several species that are limited to the Indian subcontinent. Description Hornbills in the genus ''Ocyceros'' are small Asian bird ...
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Malabar grey hornbill The Malabar gray hornbill (''Ocyceros griseus'') is a hornbill endemic to the Western Ghats and associated hills of southern India. They have a large beak but lack the casque that is prominent in some other hornbill species. They are found main ...
, ''Ocyceros griseus'' ****
Sri Lanka grey hornbill The Sri Lanka grey hornbill (''Ocyceros gingalensis'') is a bird in the hornbill family and a widespread and common endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World. Habitat ...
, ''Ocyceros gingalensis'' ****
Indian grey hornbill The Indian gray hornbill (''Ocyceros birostris'') is a common hornbill found on the Indian subcontinent. It is mostly arboreal and is commonly sighted in pairs. It has grey feathers all over the body with a light grey or dull white belly. The hor ...
, ''Ocyceros biostris'' ***Genus ''
Anthracoceros ''Anthracoceros'' is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae. The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1849. The type species was subsequently designated as the Malabar pied hornbill (''Anthracoceros coronatus' ...
'' **** Malabar pied hornbill, ''Anthracoceros coronatus'' **** Oriental pied hornbill, ''Anthracoceros albirostris'' ****
Black hornbill The black hornbill (''Anthracoceros malayanus'') is a species of bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae. It lives in Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. The Black-casqued Hornbill has a selectiveness toward ...
, ''Anthracoceros malayanus'' ****
Palawan hornbill The Palawan hornbill (''Anthracoceros marchei'') is a large forest bird endemic to the Philippines. It is one of the 11 endemic hornbills in the country. It is only found in Palawan and nearby islands of Balabac, Busuanga, Calauit, Culion and C ...
, ''Antracoceros marchei'' **** Sulu hornbill, ''Anthracoceros montani'' ***Genus ''
Buceros ''Buceros'' is a genus of large Asian hornbills (family Bucerotidae). Description Hornbills in the genus ''Buceros'' include some of the largest arboreal hornbills in the world, with the largest being the great hornbill. All the hornbills in thi ...
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Rhinoceros hornbill The rhinoceros hornbill (''Buceros rhinoceros'') is a large species of forest hornbill (Bucerotidae). In captivity it can live for up to 35 years. It is found in lowland and montane, tropical and subtropical climates and in mountain rain forests ...
, ''Buceros rhinoceros'' ****
Great hornbill The great hornbill (''Buceros bicornis''), also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. It occurs in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It ...
, ''Buceros bicornis'' **** Rufous hornbill, ''Buceros hydrocorax'' ***Genus '' Rhinoplax'' (sometimes included in ''Buceros'') **** Helmeted hornbill, ''Rhinoplax vigil'' ***Genus ''
Anorrhinus ''Anorrhinus'' is a genus of hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests of Southeast Asia (just barely extending into adjacent parts of India and China). They are social and typically seen in groups, but only the dominant pair are believed t ...
'' **** Austen's brown hornbill, ''Anorrhinus austeni'' ****
Tickell's brown hornbill Tickell's brown hornbill (''Anorrhinus tickelli''), also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in Burma and adjacent western Thailand. Austen's brown hornbill is sometimes considered as a subspecies of ...
, ''Anorrhinus tickelli'' ****
Bushy-crested hornbill The bushy-crested hornbill (''Anorrhinus galeritus'') is a bird in the hornbill family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. File:Anorrhi ...
, ''Anorrhinus galeritus'' ***Genus ''
Penelopides ''Penelopides'' is the genus of relatively small, primarily frugivorous hornbills restricted to forested areas of the Philippines. Their common name, tarictic hornbills, is an onomatopoetic reference to the main call of several of them. They have ...
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Luzon hornbill The Luzon hornbill (''Penelopides manillae''), sometimes called Luzon tarictic hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to forests on Luzon and nearby islands in the northern Philippines. As is the case with ...
, ''Penelopides manillae'' ****
Mindoro hornbill The Mindoro hornbill (''Penelopides mindorensis'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to forests on Mindoro in the Philippines found in tropical moist lowland forests. As is the case with all Philippine taricti ...
, ''Penelopides mindorensis'' ****
Visayan hornbill The Visayan hornbill (''Penelopides panini'') is a hornbill found in rainforests on the islands of Panay, Negros, Masbate, and Guimaras, and formerly Ticao, in the Philippines. It formerly included all other Philippine tarictic hornbills as s ...
, ''Penelopides panini'' ****
Samar hornbill The Samar hornbill (''Penelopides samarensis'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in forests on the islands of Samar, Calicoan, Leyte and Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa ...
, ''Penelopides samarensis'' ****
Mindanao hornbill The Mindanao hornbill (''Penelopides affinis''), sometimes called the Mindanao tarictic hornbill, is a medium-small species of hornbill found in the canopy of rainforests on Mindanao, Dinagat, Siargao and Basilan in the southern Philippines. ...
, ''Penelopides affinis'' ****
Sulawesi hornbill The Sulawesi hornbill (''Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus''), also known as the Sulawesi tarictic hornbill, Temminck's hornbill or Sulawesi dwarf hornbill, is a relatively small, approximately long, black hornbill. The male has a yellow face and throa ...
, ''Penelopides exarhatus'' ***Genus '' Berenicornis'' (sometimes included in ''Aceros'') **** White-crowned hornbill, ''Berenicornis comatus'' ***Genus ''
Aceros The rufous-necked hornbill (''Aceros nipalensis'') is a species of hornbill in Bhutan, northeastern India, especially in Arunachal Pradesh, Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is locally Local extinction, extinct in Nepal due to hunting an ...
'' **** Rufous-necked hornbill, ''Aceros nipalensis'' ****
Wrinkled hornbill The wrinkled hornbill or Sunda wrinkled hornbill (''Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus'') is a medium-large hornbill which is found in forest in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. The wrinkled hornbill is around 70 cm long, and has a ve ...
, ''Aceros corrugatus'' ****
Writhed hornbill The writhed hornbill (''Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus''), also known as the Mindanao wrinkled hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to humid forests on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Dinagat and Camigu ...
, ''Aceros leucocephalus'' ****
Rufous-headed hornbill Walden's hornbill (''Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni'') locally called dulungan, also known as the Visayan wrinkled hornbill, rufous-headed hornbill or writhed-billed hornbill, is a critically endangered species of hornbill living in the rainforests on ...
, ''Aceros waldeni'' ****
Knobbed hornbill The knobbed hornbill (''Rhyticeros cassidix''), also known as Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill, is a colourful hornbill native to Indonesia. The species is sometimes placed in the genus '' Aceros''. The knobbed hornbill is the faunal symbol of South S ...
, ''Aceros cassidix'' ***Genus ''
Rhyticeros ''Rhyticeros'' is a genus of medium to large hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests from Southeast Asia to the Solomons. They are sometimes included in the genus '' Aceros''. On the other hand, most species generally placed in ''Acer ...
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Wreathed hornbill The wreathed hornbill (''Rhyticeros undulatus'') is an Old World tropical bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae, also called bar-pouched wreathed hornbill due to its distinctive blue-black band on its lower throat sac. It is named after its cha ...
, ''Rhyticeros undulatus'' ****
Narcondam hornbill The Narcondam hornbill (''Rhyticeros narcondami'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to the Indian island of Narcondam in the Andamans. Males and females have a distinct plumage. The Narcondam hornbill has the sm ...
, ''Rhyticeros narcondami'' ****
Sumba hornbill The Sumba hornbill (''Rhyticeros everetti'') is a large bird in the Bucerotidae, or hornbill family. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett. Description It is a medium-sized ...
, ''Rhyticeros everetti'' **** Plain-pouched hornbill, ''Rhyticeros subruficollis'' ****
Papuan hornbill Blyth's hornbill (''Rhyticeros plicatus''), also known as the Papuan hornbill, is a large hornbill inhabiting the forest canopy in Wallacea and Melanesia. Its local name in Tok Pisin is ''kokomo''. Previously, this hornbill was placed in the gen ...
, ''Rhyticeros plicatus'' *** Genus ''
Ceratogymna ''Ceratogymna'' is a genus of large, primarily frugivorous hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in the humid forests of Central and West Africa. They are sexually dimorphic: males are all black, while females have brown heads and a smaller casqu ...
'' **** Black-casqued hornbill, ''Ceratogymna atrata'' **** Yellow-casqued hornbill, ''Ceratogymna elate''


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Further reading

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q20740 Neognathae Bird orders Extant Eocene first appearances Eocene taxonomic orders Oligocene taxonomic orders Miocene taxonomic orders Pliocene taxonomic orders Pleistocene taxonomic orders Holocene taxonomic orders Taxa named by Max Fürbringer