Writhed Hornbill
Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
English (US) Writhed Hornbill
The Writhed Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus) 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: southern Philippines (Camiguin, Dinagat, and Mindanao)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Writhed Hornbill
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buceros leucocephalus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
- Type locality
- Moluccas = Mindanao.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 4 p.592
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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