Great Hornbill
Great Hornbill
Here the details of the Great Hornbill named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Buceros bicornis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.104
Taxonomy: Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Buceros
Taxonomy Code: grehor1
Type Locality: China, i.e. Tonkin.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
BUCEROS
(Bucerotidae; Ϯ Rhinoceros Hornbill B. rhinoceros) L. bucerus horned like an ox < Gr. βουκερως boukerōs horned like an ox < βους bous ox; κερας keras, κερως kerōs horn; "46. BUCEROS. Rostrum convexum, cultratum, magnum; Frontis calvaria nuda, osseo-gibbosa. Nares in basi rostri. Lingua acuta, brevis. ... Cum Willugbæus aliique rostrum extrorsum serratum sistant, videtur Ramphasti potius generis avis esse. Fœda fœtidaque cadaveribus victitans venatores comitatur." (Linnaeus 1758); "Buceros Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 104. Type, by subsequent designation, Buceros rhinoceros Linné. Elliot, Monogr. Bucerot., pt. 10, 1882, p. xvi [= intro., p. xvi of volume]." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 270). This is the seventh diagnosed genus in avian taxonomy. Linnaeus's Buceros comprised two species (B. bicornis, B. Rhinoceros).
Synon. Calao, Dichoceros, Diramphus, Homraius, Hydrocorax, Meniceros, Platyceros, Platycorax, Tragopan.
bicornis
L. bicornis two-horned < bi- two- < bis twice; cornum, corni horn.
● "46. BUCEROS. ... bicornis. 1. B. fronte ossea plana antrorsum bicorni. Amœn. acad. 4. p. . . Calao. Pet. gaz. 43. t. 28. f. 6. & t. 31. f. 1. Will. Ornith. t. 17. f. 1. Habitat in China. Corpus magnitudine Gallinæ, nigrum; subtus pectore, abdomine, femoribus album. Macula alba in remigibus alarum. Cauda longiuscula. Rectrices 10, nigræ, extimis utrinque albis. Pedes virescentes: digitis 3 anticis; 1 postico." (Linnaeus 1758) (Buceros).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)