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Male Luzon Hornbill
Photo by Photo by Romy Ocon

Genus: Penelopides

[edit] Description

Six species of small Hornbills, from the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Females are all black (or dark) except in one species. They also share a plate-like structure at the base of the mandibles, ridged with transvere bars.
The Mindoro Hornbill and the Visayan Hornbill are endangered.

[edit] Taxonomy

Penelopides is a genus in the family Bucerotidae.
All species of this genus on the Philippines were formerly considered to be conspecific and were lumped under the name Tarictic Hornbill.

[edit] References

1. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 2001. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334306

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