Hornbills (Bucerotidae)

Indian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) - HBW 6, p. 498

French: Calao de Malabar German: Malabarhornvogel Spanish: Cálao Coronado
Other common names: Pied(!)/Malabar Pied Hornbill

Taxonomy: Buceros Coronatus Boddaert, 1783, Philippines; error = Mahé, Calicut Province, India.
Forms a superspecies with A. albirostris and A. marchei. Was long confused with A. albirostris, with complex synonymy of both scientific and vernacular names; the two were considered conspecific, but now recognized as two distinct species, differing in size and in several aspects of morphology (including colour of bare throat skin) and behaviour, and overlapping in range without interbreeding. Race convexus of A. albirostris sometimes placed erroneously within present species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Western Ghats, E India and Sri Lanka.