Luzon Tarictic Hornbill

Taxobox
name = Luzon Tarictic Hornbill

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image_caption = male (above) and female (below)
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Coraciiformes
familia = Bucerotidae
genus = "Penelopides"
species = "P. manillae"
binomial = "Penelopides manillae"
binomial_authority = (Boddaert, 1783)
synonyms = "Penelopides panini manillae"

The Luzon Tarictic Hornbill ("Penelopides manillae"), sometimes shortened to Luzon Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to forests on Luzon and nearby islands in the northern Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of "P. panini".

There are two subspecies of the Luzon Tarictic Hornbill: The relatively widespread nominate, and "subnigra" from the islands of Polillo and Patnanongan. The latter is the only subspecies of this hornbill to be kept in captivity.Fact|date=October 2008 It was hunted for meat, but now is considered to be safe as a new hunting ban has been enforced.Fact|date=October 2008

Gallery

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/16551/all Penelopides manillae] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
* 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