Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Rufous Hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax) - HBW 6, p. 503
French: Calao à casque plat
German: Feuerhornvogel
Spanish: Cálao Filipino Grande
Other common names: Great Philippine Hornbill, Philippine Brown Hornbill
Taxonomy: Buceros Hydrocorax Linnaeus, 1766, Moluccas; error = Manila, Philippines.
Races mindanensis and semigaleatus rather distinct from nominate, and together may represent a separate species. Basilan birds described as race basilanicus, but appear inseparable from mindanensis. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hydrocorax Linnaeus, 1766 - N Philippines, on Luzon and Marinduque.
- semigaleatus Tweeddale, 1878 - C Philippines, on Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Panaon, Buad, Calicoan and Biliran.
- mindanensis Tweeddale, 1877 - S Philippines, on Dinagat, Siargao, Balut, Bucas, Talicud, Mindanao and Basilan.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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one eating bird Locality Hamut Camp, Mount Dos Cuernos, Sierra Madre, Cagayan Valley Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 April 2009 3 years ago 43 sec 3.8 -
one bird eating and flying away Locality Hamut Camp, Mount Dos Cuernos, Sierra Madre, Cagayan Valley Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 April 2009 3 years ago 25 sec 3.5 -
nice birds Locality Hamut Camp, Mount Dos Cuernos, Sierra Madre, Cagayan Valley Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 April 2009 3 years ago 1 min 9 sec 3.3 -
Flying group on the same spot where we saw the "Great" Philippine Eagle. Locality Hamut Camp, Mount Dos Cuernos, Sierra Madre, Cagayan Valley Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
Daniêl Jimenez 13 April 2009 3 years ago 8 sec 3.3 -
one bird on a very cloudy day Locality Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (ssp mindanensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 April 2009 3 years ago 6 sec 2.4 -
A close-up of a male. Locality Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp hydrocorax)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 2.3
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Portrait of adult female (blue iris).
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp hydrocorax)
Tomasz Doroń 15 October 2011 1 year ago 3.6 -
Adult and juvenile in canopy (second adult nearby)
Locality Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines
Steve M.R.Young 30 January 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
A captive adult male.
Locality Biodiversity Conservation Centre (NFEFI), Bacolod City, Negros, Philippines (ssp mindanensis)
jctgonzalez 27 May 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
A captive adult female.
Locality DENR-PAWB Wildlife Rescue Center, Quezon City, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
jctgonzalez 4 June 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
Young bird on a branch.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (ssp mindanensis)
Tomasz Doroń 12 December 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
A captive adult female Samar Rufous Hornbill.
Locality USLS Ecopark, Bacolod City, Negros, Philippines (ssp semigaleatus)
jctgonzalez 27 June 2010 2 years ago 3
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birds calling, possibly duetting Locality Hamut Camp, Mount Dos Cuernos, Sierra Madre, Cagayan Valley Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 March 1994 3 years ago 3
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