Overview
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Interesting Facts
- In early spring , the male helps the female seal herself in a tree cavity . The male will feed his mate for the next three months while she lays and incubates eggs , and then cares for the hatchlings .
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill, White-Headed Hornbill, Writhed Hornbill
Common Names in French:
Calao De Vieillot
Common Names in German:
Mindanaohornvogel
Description
Habitat
Most common in primary evergreen forests up to 3,000 feet.
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Biology
Diet
Fruits from the tops of the highest trees .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
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- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
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- Birds
- Order:
Bucerotiformes
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- Hornbills
- Genus:
Aceros
()
- Hodgson 1844 Zool.Misc.[Gray,JE] 3 p.85 Author
- Specific name:
leucocephalus
- (Vieillot) 1816 Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 4 p.592
- Scientific name: - Aceros leucocephalus (Vieillot) 1816
- Specific name:
leucocephalus
- (Vieillot) 1816 Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 4 p.592
- Genus:
Aceros
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- Order:
Bucerotiformes
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- Class:
Aves
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- Phylum:
Chordata
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Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aceros
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. cassidix (Sulawesi Hornbill) · A. comatus (White-Crowned Hornbill) · A. corrugatus (Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill) · A. corrugatus corrugatus (Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill) · A. corrugatus rugosus · A. distinguenda · A. distinguendos · A. everetti (Everett's Hornbill) · A. leucocephalus (Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill) · A. leucocephalus leucocephalus (Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill) · A. leucocephalus waldeni · A. narcondami (Narcondam Hornbill) · A. nepalensis · A. nipalensis (Rufous-Cheeked Hornbill) · A. phyllonyx · A. plicatus · A. plicatus jungei · A. plicatus mendanae · A. plicatus ruficollis · A. plicatus ssp · A. plicatus subruficollis · A. subruficollis · A. undulatus · A. undulatus ticehursti · A. undulatus undulatus · A. waldeni (Visayan Wrinkled Hornbill)
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Birds of the Philippine Islands: Siquijor, Mount Malindang, Bohol, and Samar / Austin L. Rand and Dioscoro S. Rabor. Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1960. ENG url p. 278, p. 309.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- The Mammals and birds of Camiguin Island, Philippines, a distinctive center of biodiversity / Lawrence R. Heaney, editor. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2006. ENG url p. 63.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Miami MetroZoo, Miami, FL USA
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853866
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554441
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554441
- IUCN ID: 148
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1304
