Buceros

Taxobox
name = Buceros

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image_caption = Rhinoceros Hornbill
"Buceros rhinoceros"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Coraciiformes
familia = Bucerotidae
genus = "Buceros"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
synonyms ="Hydrocorax" Brisson, 1760

"Buceros" is a genus of large Asian hornbills (family Bucerotidae).

pecies

Species included in the genus are:

* Rhinoceros Hornbill, "Buceros rhinoceros"
* Great Hornbill, "Buceros bicornis"
* Rufous Hornbill, "Buceros hydrocorax"

The Helmeted Hornbill is sometimes included in this genus, but today most authorities place it in the monotypic "Rhinoplax" instead.

References

* Kemp, A. C. (2001). Family Bucerotidae (Hornbills). Pp. 436-523 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, J. eds. (2001). "Handbook of the Birds of the World." Vol. 6. Mousebirds to Hornbills. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-30-X