The rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax), also known as the Philippine hornbill and locally as kalaw (pronounced KAH-lau), is a large species of hornbill endemic to the Philippines (the largest hornbill in the country). They are referred by locals as the "clock-of-the-mountains" due to its large booming call which typically occur of every hour. It occurs in moist tropical lowland forest. They are now considered to be a threatened species and its reasons for decline being habitat destruction, hunting and poaching for the illegal pet trade.
It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess rufous hornbills under Philippine Law RA 9147.[3]
rufoushornbill (Buceros hydrocorax), also known as the Philippine hornbill and locally as kalaw (pronounced KAH-lau), is a large species of hornbill...
Aceros is polyphyletic; the rufous-headed hornbill, writhed hornbill, and wrinkled hornbill form a clade with the Sulawesi hornbill, and are in turn more closely...
The Southern rufoushornbill (Buceros mindanensis), is a large species of hornbill endemic to the Philippines. It inhabits Mindanao, Dinagat, Siargao...
Hornbills are birds in the families Bucerotidae and Bucorvidae. There are currently 62 extant species of hornbills recognised by the International Ornithologists'...
sandpiper (#19), black-hooded coucal (#22), Sulu hornbill (#41), Cebu brown-dove (#46), and rufous-headed hornbill (#50). Previously, in 2013, when the list...
Includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes. Rufous-necked hornbill Black hornbill Palawan hornbill Great hornbillRufoushornbill Southern rufoushornbill Rhinoceros...
The knobbed hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix), also known as Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill, is a colourful hornbill native to Indonesia. The species is sometimes...
is Lapu-Lapu, an estuarine crocodile. Other animals include civets, rufoushornbill, ostrich, monitor lizards, myna, iguana, squirrel, turtles, peacock...
The Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticeros narcondami) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to the Indian island of Narcondam in...
genus of large Asian hornbills (family Bucerotidae). Hornbills in the genus Buceros include some of the largest arboreal hornbills in the world, with the...
The wrinkled hornbill or Sunda wrinkled hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus) is a medium-large hornbill which is found in forest in the Thai-Malay Peninsula...
kango (literally "hornbill"; also yang ngo). The kango is a symbol of wealth and is made from the skull and beak of a rufoushornbill flanked by two sweeping...
wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) is an Old World tropical bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae, also called bar-pouched wreathed hornbill due to...
Rhyticeros, leaving Aceros as a monotypic genus only containing the rufous-necked hornbill. All species generally placed in Rhyticeros have relatively low...
includes some very endangered species like Rufous-necked Hornbill, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Great Hornbill etc. Among the others swallow, swift, thrush...
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