Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Aceros leucocephalus Higher classification Aceros Order Hornbill | Genus Aceros Phylum Chordata Rank Species Family Bucerotidae | |
Similar Hornbill, Bird, Walden's hornbill, Aceros, Mindanao hornbill | ||
Writhed hornbill
The writhed hornbill (Aceros leucocephalus), also known as the Mindanao wrinkled hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to humid forests on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Dinagat and Camiguin Sur. It formerly included the Walden's hornbill as a subspecies, but unlike that species, both sexes of the writhed hornbill have orange-red throat and peri-ocular skin.
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The writhed hornbill is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.
Writhed hornbill male from pafos zoo
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