Anthracoceros


Anthracoceros is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae.
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1849. The type species was subsequently designated as the Malabar pied hornbill. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos meaning "coal black" and κερας keras, κερως kerōs meaning "horn". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Anthracoceros was sister to the genus Ocyceros which contains the three grey hornbill species.
The genus contains five species:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Anthracoceros coronatusMalabar pied hornbillIndia and Sri Lanka
Anthracoceros albirostrisOriental pied hornbillBangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Eastern and Northern India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Anthracoceros malayanusBlack hornbillAsia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.
Anthracoceros marcheiPalawan hornbillPalawan island
Anthracoceros montaniSulu hornbillPhilippines