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Great Hornbill

Buceros bicornis Linnaeus, C 1758

The great hornbill, also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Its impressive size and colour have made it important in many tribal cultures and rituals. The great hornbill is long-lived, living for nearly 50 years in captivity. It is predominantly frugivorous, but is an opportunist and will prey on small mammals, reptiles and birds. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Bucerotiformes
Family:
  Bucerotidae
Genus:
   Buceros
Scientific:
  Buceros bicornis


Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.104

Protonym:
  Buceros bicornis

Type locality:
  China, i.e. Tonkin.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/122/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A9D587B9931AD694

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A9D587B9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A9D587B9


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554426


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Buceros bicornis: Lowlands of India to sw China, SE Asia and Sumatra
English:
Great Hornbill
Catalan:
Calau bicorne
Czech:
dvojzoborožec žlutozobý
Danish:
Stor Næsehornsfugl
German:
Doppelhornvogel
Spanish:
Cálao Bicorne
Spanish (Spain):
Cálao Bicorne
Finnish:
keisarisarvinokka
French:
Calao bicorne
Croatian:
veliki kljunorožac
Hungarian:
nagy szarvascsőrűmadár
Icelandic:
Tvíhorni
Italian:
Bucero maggiore
Japanese (romaji):
oosaichou
Japanese:
オオサイチョウ
Lithuanian:
Didysis jaučiaragis
Dutch:
Dubbelhoornige Neushoornvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Storhornfugl
Norwegian:
Storhornfugl
Polish:
dzioborożec wielki
Portuguese:
Calau-bicórnio
Portuguese (Portugal):
calau-malhado-grande
Russian:
Двурогий калао
Slovak:
zobákorožec dvojrohý
Serbian:
Veliki kljunorožac
Swedish:
större näshornsfågel
Ukrainian:
Гомрай дворогий
Chinese:
双角犀鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
雙角犀鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Calao bicorne ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Calao bicorne ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Great Indian Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Great Indian Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Great Indian Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Great Indian Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Great Indian Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Buceros bicornis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Buceros bicornis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Buceros bicornis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Great Hornbill ( Buceros bicornis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Buceros bicornis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Buceros bicornis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: যাজ ধমন঱ , রাজ ধনেশ
Bengali (transliteration): rāja dhanēśa
Catalan: Calau bicorne
Montenegrin: veliki kljunorog, велики кљунорог
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): велики кљунорог
Czech: Dvojzoborožec žlutozobý
Danish: Stor Næsehornsfugl
German: Doppelhornvogel, Doppel-Hornvogel
English: Concave-casqued Hornbill, Giant Hornbill, Great Hornbill, Great Indian Hornbill, Great Pied Hornbill, Indian Hornbill
English, HBW: Great Hornbill
English (India): Great Hornbill (Great Pied Hornbill)
English (IOC): Great Hornbill
English (United States): Great Hornbill
Esperanto: Granda bunta bucero
Spanish: Cálao Bicorne, Cálao Bicornio
Spanish (Spain): Cálao Bicorne
Spanish (HBW): Great Hornbill
Estonian: suur-sarvlind
Finnish: Kaksisarvinokka, keisarisarvinokka
French: Calao bicorne
Irish: Cornóg mhór
Croatian: veliki kljunorožac
Hungarian: nagy szarvascsőrűmadár
Indonesian: Burung Enggang Papan, Enggang Papan, Rangkok papan
Icelandic: Tvíhorni
Italian: Bucero maggiore, Grande calao indiano
Japanese (romaji): ō saichō, oosaichou
Japanese: オオサイチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 大犀鳥
Kazakh: қосмүйіз калао, мүйізтұмсық, үлкен Үнді мүйізтұмсық
Kirghiz: калао, эки мүйүздүү калао
Scientific: Buceros bicornis, Buceros bicornis bicornis, Buceros cristatus, Meniceros bicornis
Lithuanian: Didysis jaučiaragis
Malayalam: മലമുഴക്കി, മലമുഴക്കി  വേഴാമ്പല്‍
Malay: Burung Enggang Papan
Maltese: buċeru l-kbir
Nepali: राजधनेश
Dutch: Dubbelhoornige Neushoornvogel, Dubbelneushoornvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storhornfugl
Norwegian: Storhornfugl
Polish: dzioborozec wielki, dzioborożec wielki
Pinyin: shuāng-jiǎo xī-niǎo
Portuguese: Calau-bicórnio
Portuguese (Portugal): calau-malhado-grande
Russian: большой индийский (двурогий) носорог, Гомрай, Двурогий калао, Калао
Slovak: zobákorožec dvojrohý, Zoborožec dvojrohý
Slovenian: Dvorožec
Serbian: Veliki kljunorožac
Swedish: Större hornkorp, större näshornsfågel
Tamil: Peria Karuppu Vellai Iruvaayan
Thai: นกกก, นกกก, นกกาฮัง, นกกะวะ, นกกาวะ, นกกาฮัง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaa-haŋ, nók kaa-wá, nók kà-wá, nók kòk
Turkish: Büyük Boynuzgaga
Tatar: зур мөгезборынлы кош , зур һинд мөгезборыны, мөгезборынлы зур кош
Ukrainian: Гомрай дворогий
Uzbek: каркидон қуши, Ҳиндистон калаоси
Vietnamese: Chim Hồng hoàng, Chim Phượng hoàng đất, Hồng hoàng
Chinese: 双角犀鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 雙角犀鳥

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