Oriental Pied-Hornbill

SCI Name:  Anthracoceros albirostris
Protonym:  Buceros albirostris Nat.Misc. 19 pl.809
Taxonomy:  Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Anthracoceros
Taxonomy Code:  orphor1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Shaw
Publish Year:  1808
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ANTHRACOCEROS
(Bucerotidae; † Malabar Pied Hornbill A. coronatus) Gr. ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos  coal black; κερας keras, κερως kerōs   horn.  Although the Malabar Pied Hornbill was selected as type species, plate XLIX of Reichenbach 1849 clearly shows the black casque markings of a Sunda Pied Hornbill A. albirostris convexus; however, Steven Gregory in litt., has pointed out that Reichenbach's plates are considered "generic details" only, and that the specific identification of the bird illustrated is not germane to the application of ICZN art. 69.3, Type species by subsequent monotypy; "Anthracoceros Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. [1849], pl. XLIX. No species; generic details only. Type, by subsequent designation, Buceros malabaricus Gmelin. (Elliot, Monogr. Bucerot., pt. 10, 1882, p. xvi [= intro., p. xvi of volume]). Not Anthracocera Agassiz, 1846, Lepidoptera." (Peters, 1945, V, 266); "ANTHRACOCEROS Reichenbach, 1849  M—Buceros monoceros Shaw, 1811; type by subsequent monotypy (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds, p. 83). = Buceros coronatus Boddaert, 1783" (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 284).
Synon. Gymnolaemus, Hydrocissa, Limonophalus, Pelecyrhynchus.

albirostris
L. albus  white; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Calao à Bec Blanc” of Levaillant 1801 (Anthracoceros).
● ex “Yapú negro y amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 59 (syn. Cacicus chrysopterus).
● ex “White-billed Jacamar” of Latham 1787 (Galbula).
● ex “Carpintero lomo blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 249 (subsp. Phloeoceastes melanoleucos).
● ex “Tangara pourpré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 128, fig. 1 (syn. Ramphocelus carbo).

SUBSPECIES

Oriental Pied-Hornbill (albirostris)
SCI Name: Anthracoceros albirostris albirostris
albirostris
L. albus  white; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Calao à Bec Blanc” of Levaillant 1801 (Anthracoceros).
● ex “Yapú negro y amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 59 (syn. Cacicus chrysopterus).
● ex “White-billed Jacamar” of Latham 1787 (Galbula).
● ex “Carpintero lomo blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 249 (subsp. Phloeoceastes melanoleucos).
● ex “Tangara pourpré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 128, fig. 1 (syn. Ramphocelus carbo).

Oriental Pied-Hornbill (convexus)
SCI Name: Anthracoceros albirostris convexus
convexa / convexus
L. convexus  arched, convex  < convehere  to bring together.