Avibase: Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus (Writhed Hornbill)

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Writhed Hornbill

Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus (Vieillot, LJP 1816)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Ross Gallardy	2016-05-30	PICOP, Bislig, Mindanao, Agusan del Sur (Philippines) (160 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	321280 xeno-canto.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Desmond Allen	1995-09-01	, South Cotabato (Philippines)	-	203999791 macaulaylibrary.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Ross Gallardy	2016-05-30	Bislig lowlands--PICOP Road 4, Agusan del Sur, Philippines, Agusan del Sur (Philippines)	-	30137191 macaulaylibrary.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Desmond Allen	09-01-1995	Sitio Siete, South Cotabato Province, Mindanao, Philippines (Philippines) (? m)	call (B) - bird calling	79262 xeno-canto.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Ian Gardner	2026-03-14	, Agusan del Sur (Philippines)	-	652757325 macaulaylibrary.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Ian Gardner	2026-03-14	, Agusan del Sur (Philippines)	-	652757657 macaulaylibrary.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Ian Gardner	2026-03-14	, Agusan del Sur (Philippines)	-	652757561 macaulaylibrary.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Gregory Irving	2025-06-11	, Agusan del Sur (Philippines)	-	638970000 macaulaylibrary.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Ben F. King	1978-04-30	NORTH COTABATO; BARIO KIANDANG; MINDANAO, Cotabato, Philippines, Cotabato (Philippines)	-	288 macaulaylibrary.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Greg Irving	2025-06-11	PICOP road 4, Bunawan (Philippines) (170 m)	call - [also] [sono]	1008935 xeno-canto.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Frank Lambert	10-12-09	Mindanao; Zamboanga, Pasonanca Watershed Reserve, Cabonegro, Zamboanga del Sur (Philippines) (650 m)	calls (C) - Previously published on AVoCet as AV10870 Certainty: 100%. ID determined by: not specifically indicated; recordist normally sees birds recorded and indicates if any question. GPS: estimate from Google Earth.	67500 xeno-canto.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Robert S. Kennedy	1977-11-17	2.5 km NW of Mt Lindasan, Davao del Norte, Philippines, Davao del Norte (Philippines)	-	18510 macaulaylibrary.org
Writhed Hornbill - Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus	Robert S. Kennedy	1978-05-30	North Cotabato/Magpet/Kiandang; Mindanao, Davao del Norte, Philippines, Davao del Norte (Philippines)	-	18563 macaulaylibrary.org

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