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Eastern long-tailed hornbill

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(Redirected from Horizocerus cassini) Species of bird

Eastern long-tailed hornbill
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Horizocerus
Species: H. cassini
Binomial name
Horizocerus cassini
(Finsch, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Ortholophus cassini Finsch, 1903
  • Horizocerus albocristatus cassini (Finsch, 1903)

The eastern long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus cassini) is a species of bird in the hornbill family Bucerotidae found in humid forests of West Africa. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".

Taxonomy

The eastern long-tailed hornbill was formally described in 1903 by the German naturalist Otto Finsch based on a specimen from Gabon in West Africa. He coined the binomial name Ortholophus cassini. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the American ornithologist John Cassin. The species is now placed in the genus Horizocerus that was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The eastern long-tailed hornbill was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Horizocerus cassini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725956A94907270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725956A94907270.en. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. Finsch, Otto (1903). "Ueber die arten der Bucerotidien gattung Ortholophus, Grant". Notes from the Leyden Museum (in German). 23 (4): 195–205 [201–205.
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 261.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Horizocerus cassini
Horizocerus albocristatus cassini
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