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Visayan Hornbill

Penelopides panini

Hornbills (Bucerotidae) · Bucerotiformes (Bucerotiformes)

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Often mixed up with

In quizzes, players most often confuse Visayan Hornbill with these birds—either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.

Species Mix-ups
Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus 1
Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis 1

Family

Hornbills are birds found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia of the family Bucerotidae. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly coloured and sometimes has a horny casque on the upper mandible. Hornbills have a two-lobed kidney.

Order

Bucerotiformes is an order of birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes. These birds were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes. The clade is distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and Melanesia.

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