Hornbill bird belonging to the group Bucerotidae which includes 57 species. Nine species derived therefrom endemic in southern Africa. Food, especially fruits are also lizards, bats, rats, snakes and various species of insects.
Characteristic features.
When the time of hatching, hornbills females lay up to six white eggs seeds trapped in a cage nest, made among others of dirt and rind. There is only one small enough openings for male birds held out food to the chicks and female hornbills.If the baby bird and female birds are no longer fit in the nest, the female bird will break the nest to go out and build the wall again, and both adult birds will find food for the chicks. In most species, the chicks themselves rebuild the broken walls without the help of an adult bird.
List of species in taxonomic order.
Subfamily Bucerotinae
Genus Tropicranus (sometimes incorporated into Tockus)White-crested hornbills Tropicranus albocristatus
Genus Tockus
Little Black Hornbill Tockus hartlaubi
Red-beaked Runt Engang Tockus camurus
Monteiro Hornbill Tockus monteiri
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
Jackson Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
Von der Decken Hornbill Tockus deckeni
Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
Bradfield Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi
African Hornbill Tockus fasciatus
Hornbill Tockus Hemprich hemprichii
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
Genus Ocyceros
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus
Ceylon Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
Genus Anthracoceros
Tangling Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
Stomach-white hornbill / Bird little finger Anthracoceros albirostris
Hornbill Black / Hornbill Itching Birah / Bird snicker Anthracoceros malayanus (Near Threatened)
Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei (susceptible)
Sulu hornbill Anthracoceros Montani (critically endangered)
Genus Buceros
Hornbill horn / rhinoceros hornbill / Bird Years Buceros rhinoceros
Hornbill Board / great hornbill Buceros bicornis (Near Threatened)
Redness Hornbill Buceros hydrocorax (Near Threatened)
Genus Rhinoplax (sometimes incorporated into Buceros)
Hornbill Ivory / hornbills Ivory / Hornbills Fly-law Rhinoplax vigil (Near Threatened)
Genus Anorrhinus
Austen Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni (Near Threatened)
Brown Hornbill Tickell Anorrhinus tickelli (Near Threatened)
Hornbill Klihingan / Hornbill Konde / crested Hornbill Grey / Bird Arau / Bird Thicket Anorrhinus galeritus
Genus Penelopides
Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae
Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis
Hornbill Tariktik Penelopides panini
Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis
Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis
Sulawesi hornbill / hornbills Sulawesi Penelopides exarhatus
Genus Berenicornis (sometimes incorporated into Aceros)
Crested Hornbill / White-crested Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
Genus Aceros
Red-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis (susceptible)
Crested Hornbill Black / hornbill Aceros twitch corrugatus (Near Threatened)
Aceros leucocephalus (Near Threatened)
Aceros waldeni (critically endangered)
Knobbed hornbill / Hornbill Buton / Bird Year / Bird Hello Aceros cassidix
Genus Rhyticeros (sometimes incorporated into Aceros)
Julang Gold / Julang Mas / Hornbill Season / Hornbill Mount Rhyticeros undulatus
Hornbill Narcondam Rhyticeros narcondami (susceptible)
Julang Sumba / Goanggali / Nggokgokka / Sumba hornbill Rhyticeros everetti (susceptible)
Wallet hornbill Rhyticeros subruficollis (susceptible)
Wallet hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
Genus Bycanistes (sometimes incorporated into Ceratogymna).
Hornbill Penerompet Bycanistes bucinator
Bycanistes fistulator
Bycanistes silvery-cheeked hornbill brevis
Bycanistes subcylindricus
Brown-cheeked hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
Hornbill-white thighs Bycanistes albotibialis
Genus Ceratogymna
Ceratogymna atrata
Ceratogymna elata (Near Threatened)
Subfamily Bucorvinae
Genus Bucorvus
Land Hornbill Bucorvus Abyssinian abyssinicus
Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri Negev.
Hornbill ivory.
Hornbill ivory or ivory Hornbill (Buceros / Rhinoplax vigil) is a large-sized bird of the family Bucerotidae. Early bird found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.This bird also became the mascot of West Kalimantan Province, and included in this type of fauna are reserved.
As a symbol of culture.
In the culture of Borneo, hornbill ivory (interests) is a symbol of "Nature Up" ie with divine nature which is "masculine". On the island of Borneo, hornbill ivory is used as a symbol of the area or symbols such organizations in Sarawak state emblem, the symbol of the province of West Kalimantan, West Kalimantan province animal identity, a symbol of the University Mangkurat and so on. Ivory hornbill is a symbol of unity Dayaks often manifested in the form of engravings on Dayak culture, while in Banjar culture, hornbill Ivory carved in the form of disguised (in distilir) because Banjar culture growing under the influence of Islam, which prohibits carving animate beings. Ivory hornbill is also a cultural symbol of the Naga tribe in eastern India.Thank you for reading this article. Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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