Knobbed hornbill | |
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A pair (female on left) in the forest canopy Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Sulawesi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | Bucerotidae |
Genus: | Rhyticeros |
Species: | R. cassidix
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Binomial name | |
Rhyticeros cassidix (Temminck, 1823)
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The knobbed hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix), also known as Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill, is a colourful hornbill native to Indonesia. The species is sometimes placed in the genus Aceros. The knobbed hornbill is the faunal symbol of South Sulawesi province.