Indian Gray Hornbill / Ocyceros birostris
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Indian Gray Hornbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Buceros birostris Del.Flor.Faun.Insubr. 2 p.87
Taxonomy: Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Ocyceros
Taxonomy Code: inghor2
Type Locality: Coromandel, India.
Author: Scopoli
Publish Year: 1786
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OCYCEROS
(Bucerotidae; Ϯ Indian Grey Hornbill O. birostris) Gr. οξυκερως oxukerōs with pointed horns < οξυς oxus sharp, pointed; κερας keras, κερως kerōs horn; "Ocyceros* ginginianus, Shaw. ... * I propose this subgeneric name for the present species and Tickellii, Blyth; Bonaparte's name meniceros, of 1854, having been previously otherwise applied by Gloger in 1842" (Hume 1873); "Ocyceros Hume, Nests and Eggs Indian Bds., 1873, p. 113. New name for Meniceros Bonaparte, 1854, not of Gloger, 1841. Type, by subsequent designation, Buceros birostris Scopoli. (Elliot, Monogr. Bucerot., pt. 10, 1882, p. xvii [= intro., p. xvii of volume]." (Peters 1945, V, 254).
Synon. Gingala.
birostris
L. bi- two- < bis twice; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Calao de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1782 (Ocyceros).
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)
