Great Hornbill
Buceros bicornisLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Great Hornbill
The Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) 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: lowlands of India to southwestern China, southeastern Asia, and SumatraRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Buceros bicornis
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Great Hornbill
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- China, i.e. Tonkin.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.104
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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