Wreathed Hornbill

Taxobox
name = Wreathed Hornbill
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

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image_caption = female
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Coraciiformes
familia = Bucerotidae
genus = "Rhyticeros"
species = "R. undulatus"
binomial = "Rhyticeros undulatus"
binomial_authority = (Shaw, 1811)
synonyms = "Aceros undulatus"

The Wreathed Hornbill ("Rhyticeros undulatus"), also known as the Bar-pouched Wreathed Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests from far north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland south-east Asia and the Greater Sundas, except Sulawesi. It is 75-100 cm (30-40 in) long. Males weigh from 1.8 kg (4 lbs) to 3.65 kg (8 lbs), females weigh from 1.36 kg (3 lbs) to 2.7 kg (6 lbs). [http://www.oaklandzoo.org/animals/birds/malayan-wreathed-hornbill/] Both sexes are similar to the respective sexes of the closely related Plain-pouched Hornbill, but they can be recognized by the lack of a dark bar on their throat (hence the alternative common name for the Wreathed Hornbill; "Bar-pouched").

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=969 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]

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