Samar Hornbill

Taxobox
name = Samar Tarictic Hornbill


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

The Samar Tarictic Hornbill ("Penelopides samarensis"), sometimes shortened to Samar Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in forests on the islands of Samar, Calicoan, Leyte and Bohol in the east-central Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of "P. panini". Alternatively, it is considered a subspecies of "P. affinis".

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/16554/all Penelopides samarensis] . [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