Aceros
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Aceros is a genus of the hornbills (Bucerotidae family). Species included in the genus are:
- White-crowned Hornbill, Aceros comatus
- Rufous-necked Hornbill, Aceros nipalensis
- Wrinkled Hornbill, Aceros corrugatus
- Writhed-billed Hornbill, Aceros waldeni
- Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill, Aceros leucocephalus
- Knobbed Hornbill, Aceros cassidix
- Wreathed Hornbill, Aceros undulatus
- Narcondam Hornbill, Aceros narcondami
- Sumba Hornbill, Aceros everetti
- Plain-pouched Hornbill, Aceros subruficollis
- Blyth's Hornbill, Aceros plicatus
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.