Category:Bucorvidae - BirdForum Opus

Southern Ground Hornbill
Photo by TwoBoy

Family: Bucorvidae

Description

Two species of Gound-Hornbill in the genus Bucorvus.
These birds have longer legs than other hornbills and they hunt their small prey while walking on the ground.

Taxonomy

Bucerotidae is a family in the order Bucerotiformes.
It was formerly included in the family Bucerotidae and placed in the order Coraciiformes.

References

1. BirdLife International. 2008. The BirdLife checklist of the birds of the world, with conservation status and taxonomic sources. Version 1. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/downloads/BirdLife_Checklist_Version_1.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB].
2. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
3. Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
4. Gill F & Wright M. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276 Update (2008) downloaded from [1].