Wreathed hornbill

Wreathed hornbill
Male at Rotterdam Zoo, Netherlands
Female
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Bucerotiformes
Family:	Bucerotidae
Genus:	Rhyticeros
Species:	R. undulatus
Binomial name
Rhyticeros undulatus (Shaw, 1811)
Synonyms
Aceros undulatus

The wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus), also known as the bar-pouched wreathed hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests from far north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sundas in Indonesia, except Sulawesi. It is 75–100 cm (30–39 in) long. Males weigh from 1.8 kg (4.0 lb) to 3.65 kg (8.0 lb), and females weigh from 1.36 kg (3.0 lb) to 2.7 kg (6.0 lb).^[2] Both sexes are similar to the respective sexes of the closely related plain-pouched hornbill, but the wreathed hornbill can be recognized by the dark bar on the lower throat (hence the alternative common name, bar-pouched).^[3] Though commonly considered monotypic, evidence suggests some geographical variation in the appearance.^[3]

Gallery

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  Female at Bali Zoo, Indonesia
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  Male at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Birdpark, Jakarta, Indonesia
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  Male at the Jardin d'oiseaux tropicaux, France
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  An adult male left and an immature right. In the Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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  Males in flight in the Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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  Male at Atlanta Zoo, USA
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  in Ultapani Forest Reserve, Assam, India
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  Wreathed Hornbill face close-up

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Aceros undulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. Oakland Zoo
3. Rasmussen, P. M. (2000). A review of the taxonomy and status of the Plainpouched Hornbill Aceros subruficollis. Forktail 16: 83-86

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.

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