Mindoro Tarictic Hornbill

Taxobox
name = Mindoro Tarictic Hornbill


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Coraciiformes
familia = Bucerotidae
genus = "Penelopides"
species = "P. mindorensis"
binomial = "Penelopides mindorensis"
binomial_authority = Steere, 1890
synonyms = "Penelopides panini mindorensis"

The Mindoro Tarictic Hornbill ("Penelopides mindorensis"), sometimes shortened to Mindoro Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to forests on Mindoro in the Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of "P. panini". It is the only tarictic hornbill where both sexes are creamy-white and black. The sexes are very similar, and primarly differ in the colour of the ocular ring (pinkish-white in the male, blue in the female).

The Mindoro Tarictic Hornbill is threatened by habitat loss, and is consequently considered endangered by IUCN

References

* BirdLife International 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/16552/all Penelopides mindorensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=958 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
* 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