Blyth's hornbill

Blyth's hornbill
Adult male at Lincoln Park Zoo
Female
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Rhyticeros
Species:
R. plicatus
Binomial name
Rhyticeros plicatus
(Pennant, 1781)
Subspecies

6 subspecies, see text

Synonyms

Aceros plicatus (Forster, 1781)

Wild blyth's Hornbill male passing fruit to mate

Blyth's hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus), also known as the Papuan hornbill, is a large hornbill inhabiting the forest canopy in Wallacea and Melanesia. Its local name in Tok Pisin is kokomo.[3]

Previously, this hornbill was placed in the genus Aceros. It has often been lumped with the plain-pouched hornbill (R. subruficollis), and sometimes considered to include the Narcondam hornbill (R. narcondami) and the wreathed hornbill (R. undulatus) as subspecies.[4]

The common name commemorates Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and curator of the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Rhyticeros plicatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22682544A184674368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682544A184674368.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Majnep & Bulmer (1977): p.129, Coates (1985), Coates & Bishop (1997)
  4. ^ Rasmussen (2000)