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Anthracoceros albirostris (Shaw, 1808)

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Anthracoceros albirostris (Shaw, 1808)
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🗒 Synonyms
No Data
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Dao yung kasheba
  • Gangkek
  • Ghila kauri
  • Kao dhanesh
  • Kauwwa dhanesh
  • Pakoidhara
  • Vapuol
  • Vo tarang
English
  • Indian Hornbill
  • Indian Pied Hornbill
  • Malaysian Pied-Hornbill
  • Northern Pied-Hornbill
  • Oriental Pied Hornbill
  • Oriental Pied-Hornbill
  • Sunda Pied Hornbill
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary

Bird group

Hornbills
Hornbills
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Shows presence of a casque which looks like a horn
Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
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Status UNDER_CREATION
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    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Size

    Relative Size (Birds)

    Vulture±
    Vulture±
    upto 60 cms in length
    Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
    Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
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      Morphology

      Predominant colors (Birds)

      Tail Length (Birds) (CM)

      31:31

      Bill Shape (Birds)

      Massive
      Massive

      Bill color (Birds)

      No Data
      📚 Habitat and Distribution
      General Habitat

      Habitat

      Terrestrial
      Terrestrial
      Seen in open forests in moist deciduous, evergreen forests and large groves of trees.
      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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      References 
        Terrestrial
        Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
        Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
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        Status UNDER_CREATION
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          Description
          Global Distribution

          India, Bangladesh

          Distribution In India

          Resident. Himalayas from Haryana east to Arunachal Pradesh and North East India, south to eastern Madhya Pradesh and the Eastern Ghats

          Distribution In Assam

          Assam: Widely distributed all over in Assam in the floodplains, foothills and hills

          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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          References 
            Forests,Mountains
            Global Distribution

            India,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Nepal,Myanmar,indonesia,Thailand,Vietnam

            Distribution In India

            Assam,Arunachal Pradesh,West Bengal,Sikkim,tripura

            Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
            Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
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            Status UNDER_CREATION
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              No Data
              📚 Occurrence
              No Data
              📚 Demography and Conservation
              Conservation Status

              IUCN Red List Category

              Least Concern
              Least Concern
              IUCN Redlist Status: Least Concern
              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                IUCN Red list Category & Criteria: Least concern ver 1.3
                Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
                Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Prasad Tonde for the Assam Biodiversity Portal Project.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                References 
                  No Data
                  📚 Uses and Management
                  No Data
                  📚 Information Listing
                  References
                  1. Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
                  1. Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
                  1. Datta, Aparajita, and G. S. Rawat. "Foraging patterns of sympatric hornbills during the nonbreeding season in Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India." Biotropica 35.2 (2003): 208-218.
                  2. Datta, Aparajita. "Hornbill abundance in unlogged forest, selectively logged forest and a forest plantation in Arunachal Pradesh, India." Oryx 32.4 (1998): 285-294.
                  3. BirdLife International. 2016. Anthracoceros albirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22682437A92945575. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682437A92945575.en. Downloaded on 22 April 2018
                  4. DATTA, APARAJITA, and G. S. Rawat. "Nest-site selection and nesting success of three hornbill species in Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India: Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis, Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus and Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris." Bird Conservation International 14.S1 (2004): S39-S52.
                  5. Choudhury, Anwaruddin. "Recent ornithological records from Tripura, north-eastern India, with an annotated checklist." Indian Birds 6.3 (2010): 66-74.
                  6. Chan, Y. H., et al. "Infanticide-cannibalism in the Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris." Forktail 23 (2007): 170.
                  Information Listing > References
                  1. Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
                  2. Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
                  3. Datta, Aparajita, and G. S. Rawat. "Foraging patterns of sympatric hornbills during the nonbreeding season in Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India." Biotropica 35.2 (2003): 208-218.
                  4. Datta, Aparajita. "Hornbill abundance in unlogged forest, selectively logged forest and a forest plantation in Arunachal Pradesh, India." Oryx 32.4 (1998): 285-294.
                  5. BirdLife International. 2016. Anthracoceros albirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22682437A92945575. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682437A92945575.en. Downloaded on 22 April 2018
                  6. DATTA, APARAJITA, and G. S. Rawat. "Nest-site selection and nesting success of three hornbill species in Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India: Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis, Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus and Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris." Bird Conservation International 14.S1 (2004): S39-S52.
                  7. Choudhury, Anwaruddin. "Recent ornithological records from Tripura, north-eastern India, with an annotated checklist." Indian Birds 6.3 (2010): 66-74.
                  8. Chan, Y. H., et al. "Infanticide-cannibalism in the Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris." Forktail 23 (2007): 170.

                  Noteworthy records from Virajpet, Kodagu District, Karnataka

                  Indian BIRDS

                  Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris hunts an adult Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

                  Indian BIRDS

                  Urban biodiversity: an insight into the terrestrial vertebrate diversity of Guwahati, India

                  Journal of Threatened Taxa

                  A short-term survey report on the post-winter avian diversity in Corbett National Park and associated areas, Uttarakhand, India

                  Journal of Threatened Taxa

                  Important Bird and Biodiversity Area of Assam

                  Mayur Bawri

                  Birds of Kaziranga National Park, India

                  Mayur Bawri

                  Early winter avifaunal diversity from Buxa Tiger Reserve and Rasikbeel Wetland Complex of northern part of West Bengal, India

                  Sagar Adhurya

                  Threat status of birds of Yamuna Nagar District, Haryana, India

                  Journal of Threatened Taxa

                  Fauna of British India Birds by W T Blanford

                  Ravi Vaidyanathan
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                  📚 Meta data
                  No Data
                  🐾 Taxonomy
                  RootRoot
                  KingdomAnimalia
                  PhylumChordata
                  ClassAves
                  OrderBucerotiformes
                  FamilyBucerotidae
                  GenusAnthracoceros
                  SpeciesAnthracoceros albirostris (Shaw 1808)
                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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