Helmeted Hornbill / Buceros vigil
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Helmeted Hornbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Buceros vigil IndischeZool. p.40
Taxonomy: Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Buceros
Taxonomy Code: helhor1
Type Locality: Sumatra.
Author: Forster, JR
Publish Year: 1781
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
BUCEROS
(Bucerotidae; Ϯ Rhinoceros Hornbill B. rhinoceros) L. bucerus horned like an ox < Gr. βουκερως boukerōs horned like an ox < βους bous ox; κερας keras, κερως kerōs horn; "46. BUCEROS. Rostrum convexum, cultratum, magnum; Frontis calvaria nuda, osseo-gibbosa. Nares in basi rostri. Lingua acuta, brevis. ... Cum Willugbæus aliique rostrum extrorsum serratum sistant, videtur Ramphasti potius generis avis esse. Fœda fœtidaque cadaveribus victitans venatores comitatur." (Linnaeus 1758); "Buceros Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 104. Type, by subsequent designation, Buceros rhinoceros Linné. Elliot, Monogr. Bucerot., pt. 10, 1882, p. xvi [= intro., p. xvi of volume]." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 270). This is the seventh diagnosed genus in avian taxonomy. Linnaeus's Buceros comprised two species (B. bicornis, B. Rhinoceros).
Synon. Calao, Dichoceros, Diramphus, Homraius, Hydrocorax, Meniceros, Platyceros, Platycorax, Tragopan.
vigil
L. vigil, vigilis watchful.
● ex “Buceros scutata” of Edwards 1751 (Rhinoplax).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
