Malabar Grey Hornbill
Ocyceros griseus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Malabar Gray Hornbill
UK name: Malabar Grey Hornbill
The Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) 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: moist deciduous forest of southwestern IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ocyceros griseus
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Malabar Gray Hornbill
- English (UK)
- Malabar Grey Hornbill
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buceros griseus
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- New Holland = Malabar.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.147
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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