Ocyceros
| Ocyceros | |
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| Head of Indian grey hornbill, woodcut from The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Ocyceros Hume, 1873 |
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Ocyceros is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae. Established by Allan Octavian Hume in 1873, it contains the following species,[1] which are limited to the Indian subcontinent.[2]
- Malabar grey hornbill, Ocyceros griseus
- Sri Lanka grey hornbill, Ocyceros gingalensis
- Indian grey hornbill, Ocyceros birostris
Indian grey hornbill, Ocyceros birostris at nest at Wagah Border in Lahore District of Punjab, Pakistan._in_Hyderabad_W_IMG_8900.jpg)
Indian grey hornbill, Ocyceros birostris in Hyderabad, India._in_Hyderabad_W_IMG_8885.jpg)
Indian grey hornbill, Ocyceros birostris in Hyderabad, India.
References
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- 1 2 3 4 "ITIS Report: Ocyceros". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Kinnaird, Margaret F.; O'Brien, Timothy G. (2007). The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills: Farmers of the Forest. Chicago, IL, US: University of Chicago Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-226-43712-5.
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