Tickell's Brown Hornbill
| Rusty-cheeked Hornbill | |
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| Kaeng Krachan, Thailand | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Anorrhinus |
| Species: | A. tickelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Anorrhinus tickelli (Blyth, 1855) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ptilolaemus tickelli |
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The Tickell's Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the Rusty-cheeked Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in southern Burma and adjacent western Thailand. It often includes the Austen's Brown Hornbill as a subspecies.
It is about 60–65 cm in length. It is a medium sized hornbill, darker brown above and red brown below. Male has brighter rufous-cheeks and throat. Juveniles of both sexes resemble adult males.
It inhabits the evergreen and deciduous hill forest from foothills to 1500 m.
It breeds co-cooperatively, in groups.
Habitat loss to logging and agriculture known to be prevalent within its range.
The binomial commemorates the ornithologist Samuel Tickell.
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Illustration of head from W. T. Blanford's Fauna of British India: Birds
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This bird fledged minutes before it was photographed
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- BirdLife International (2005). Anorrhinus tickelli. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is near threatened
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