Tickell's brown hornbill
Appearance
(Redirected from Rusty-cheeked Hornbill)
Tickell's brown hornbill | |
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Kaeng Krachan, Thailand | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | Bucerotidae |
Genus: | Anorrhinus |
Species: | A. tickelli
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Binomial name | |
Anorrhinus tickelli (Blyth, 1855)
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Synonyms | |
Ptilolaemus tickelli |
Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in Burma and adjacent western Thailand. Austen's brown hornbill is sometimes considered as a subspecies of Tickell's brown hornbill.
Description
[edit]At about 60–65 cm (24–26 in) in length, it is a medium-sized hornbill, dark brown above and red-brown below. The male has brighter rufous cheeks and throat. Juveniles of both sexes resemble adult males.
Habitat
[edit]It inhabits evergreen and deciduous hill forest from foothills to 1500 m.
It breeds co-cooperatively, in groups.
Habitat loss to logging and agriculture is known to be prevalent within its range.
The binomial commemorates the ornithologist Samuel Tickell.
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Illustration of head from W. T. Blanford's Fauna of British India: Birds
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This bird fledged minutes before it was photographed
References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Anorrhinus tickelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22731946A183158357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22731946A183158357.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.