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, Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 April 2009 2 years ago 43 sec 3.8 -
one bird eating and flying away Locality Hamut Camp, Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 April 2009 2 years ago 25 sec 3.5 -
nice birds Locality Hamut Camp, Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 April 2009 2 years ago 1 min 9 sec 3.3 -
Flying group on the same spot where we saw the "Great" Philippine Eagle. Locality Hamut Camp, Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
Daniêl Jimenez 13 April 2009 2 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 2 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 2 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 8 weeks 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 30 weeks ago 3.5 -
A captive adult male.
Locality Biodiversity Conservation Centre (NFEFI), Bacolod City, Negros, Philippines (ssp mindanensis)
jctgonzalez 27 May 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
A captive adult female.
Locality DENR-PAWB Wildlife Rescue Center, Quezon City, Luzon, Philippines (ssp hydrocorax)
jctgonzalez 4 June 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Young bird on a branch.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (ssp mindanensis)
Tomasz Doroń 12 December 2011 8 weeks ago 3.3 -
A captive adult female Samar Rufous Hornbill.
Locality USLS Ecopark, Bacolod City, Negros, Philippines (ssp semigaleatus)
jctgonzalez 27 June 2010 1 year ago 3
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birds calling, possibly duetting Locality Hamut Camp, Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 March 1994 1 year ago 3
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