Rufous-necked Hornbill
Aceros nipalensis(Hodgson, BH, 1829)
English (US) Rufous-necked Hornbill
The Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bucerotidae (Hornbills) in the order Bucerotiformes.
Range: Himalayan foothills to southwestern China and northern southeastern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aceros nipalensis
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Rufous-necked Hornbill
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buceros Nipalensis
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1829)
- Type locality
- No locality = Nepal by inference.
- Original description
- Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 18 pt1 p.178 pl.1,2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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