Black Hornbill
Anthracoceros malayanus(Raffles, TS, 1822)
English (US) Black Hornbill
The Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) 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: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthracoceros malayanus
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Black Hornbill
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buceros malayanus
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
- Type locality
- Malacca.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.2 p.292
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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