Great Hornbill

SCI Name:  Buceros bicornis
Protonym:  Buceros bicornis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.104
Taxonomy:  Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Buceros
Taxonomy Code:  grehor1
Type Locality:  China, i.e. Tonkin.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

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.

bicornis
L. bicornis  two-horned  < bi- two-  < bis  twice; cornum, corni  horn.
● "46. BUCEROS.  ...  bicornis.  1. B. fronte ossea plana antrorsum bicorni. Amœn. acad. 4. p. . .  Calao. Pet. gaz. 43. t. 28. f. 6. & t. 31. f. 1. Will. Ornith. t. 17. f. 1.  Habitat in China.  Corpus magnitudine Gallinæ, nigrum; subtus pectore, abdomine, femoribus album. Macula alba in remigibus alarum. Cauda longiuscula. Rectrices 10, nigræ, extimis utrinque albis. Pedes virescentes: digitis 3 anticis; 1 postico." (Linnaeus 1758) (Buceros).