Samar Hornbill
Penelopides samarensisSteere, JB, 1890
English (US) Samar Hornbill
The Samar Hornbill (Penelopides samarensis) 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: Philippines (Samar, Leyte, Calicoan, and Bohol)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Penelopides samarensis
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Samar Hornbill
- Described by
- Steere, JB, 1890
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Penelopides Samarensis
- Described by
- Steere, JB, 1890
- Type locality
- Samar and Leyte.
- Original description
- A list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, with localities, and with brief preliminary descriptions of supposed new species p.13
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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