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| | + | [[Image:PalawanHornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}} <br />Palawan, [[Philippines]], February, 2012]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Anthracoceros|Anthracoceros]] marchei | | ;[[:Category:Anthracoceros|Anthracoceros]] marchei |
| - | [[Image:PalawanHornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}} <br />Location: Palawan, [[Philippines]], February, 2012]] | |
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| - | [[Image:Palawan_Hornbill.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Williams|James Williams}} <br />Location: Lagen Island, El Nido, Palawan, [[Philippines]] ]] | |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | 70-cm long. | + | 70-cm. A medium-sized Hornbill. |
| - | It has a white tail while the rest of its plumage is black. Its upper parts have a dark green gloss. Its large bill is creamy-white. The bird emits loud calls like ''kaaww'' and ''kreik-kreik''. | + | * All-black plumage |
| | + | * White tail |
| | + | * Pale ivory-yellow casque and bill |
| | + | * Black base to lower mandible |
| | + | * White bare skin around eye and on throat |
| | + | * Red eye with black orbital ring |
| | + | Females are smaller, with a smaller casque and dark grey-brown eyes.<br /> |
| | + | Juveniles have an even smaller bill with a grey base and dark grey eyes without a black orbital ring.<br /> |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Palawan]] and its satellite islands in the westernmost [[Philippines]]. | + | [[Image:Palawan_Hornbill.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Williams|James Williams}} <br />Lagen Island, El Nido, Palawan, [[Philippines]] ]] |
| | + | [[Palawan]] and its satellite islands in the westernmost [[Philippines]].<br /> |
| | + | A restricted-range species with a fragmented range. Threatened by hunting and loss of habitat. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> |
| | + | It forms a superspecies with [[Malabar Pied Hornbill]] and [[Oriental Pied Hornbill]]. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Forests, mangrove swamps, cultivated land, bushland, secondary growth and mountain forest. | + | Forests, mangrove swamps, cultivated land, bushland, secondary growth and mountain forest.<br /> |
| | + | Occurs up to 900m. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | The Palawan Hornbill travel in pairs or in small noisy groups. They have a communal roosting site. It feeds on fruits, insects and small reptiles. | + | Feeds on fruits, insects and small reptiles.<br /> |
| | + | Forages in pairs or in small noisy groups, also having communal roosting sites.<br /> |
| | + | Only few informations about breeding. One photographed nest was ca. 20m up in a tree hole, the entrance sealed with the female and the chicks inside. |
| | + | ====Vocalisations==== |
| | + | The bird emits loud calls like kaaww and kreik-kreik. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-HBWVol6}}#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Anthracoceros+marchei}} | | {{GSearch|Anthracoceros+marchei}} |
| - | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=328&Bird_Image_ID=2819&Bird_Family_ID=70 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Anthracoceros]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Anthracoceros]] |
70-cm. A medium-sized Hornbill.
Females are smaller, with a smaller casque and dark grey-brown eyes.
Juveniles have an even smaller bill with a grey base and dark grey eyes without a black orbital ring.
Forests, mangrove swamps, cultivated land, bushland, secondary growth and mountain forest.
Occurs up to 900m.
Feeds on fruits, insects and small reptiles.
Forages in pairs or in small noisy groups, also having communal roosting sites.
Only few informations about breeding. One photographed nest was ca. 20m up in a tree hole, the entrance sealed with the female and the chicks inside.
The bird emits loud calls like kaaww and kreik-kreik.
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