Writhed Hornbill

Writhed Hornbill
female
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Bucerotidae
Genus:	Aceros
Species:	A. leucocephalus
Binomial name
Aceros leucocephalus (Vieillot, 1816)

The Writhed Hornbill (Aceros leucocephalus), also known as the Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to humid forests on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Dinagat and Camiguin Sur. It formerly included the Rufous-headed Hornbill as a subspecies, but unlike that species, both sexes of the Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill have orange-red throat and peri-ocular skin.

Male in the Philippines

The Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

References

1. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Aceros leucocephalus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 February 2009.

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.