Aceros

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Aceros
White-crowned Hornbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Aceros
Hodgson, 1844
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Rhyticeros

Aceros is a genus of the hornbills (Bucerotidae family). Species included in the genus are:

An undescribed extinct species occurred on Lifou in the Loyalty Islands until at least some 30.000 years ago (Steadman, 2006).

[edit] References

  • Steadman, David William (2006): Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Islands Birds. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-77142-3.