Plain-pouched Hornbill / Rhyticeros subruficollis
WBN 
Plain-pouched Hornbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Buceros subruficollis J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 12 p.177
Taxonomy: Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Rhyticeros
Taxonomy Code: plphor1
Type Locality: Tenasserim.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
RHYTICEROS
(Bucerotidae; Ϯ Papuan Hornbill R. plicatus) Gr. ῥυτις rhutis, ῥυτιδος rhutidos wrinkle; κερας keras, κερως kerōs horn; Reichenbach's 1849, plate L, admirably shows the wrinkled corrugations on the low flat bill-casque of the Papuan Hornbill. "Rhyticeros Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. [1849], pl. L. No species; generic details only. Species added, Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, 2, 1854, p. 312. Type, by subsequent designation, Buceros plicatus Latham i.e. Forster. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 84.)" (Peters 1945, V, 263-264).
Var. Rhitidoceros, Rhytidoceros.
Synon. Abuceros, Calao, Cassidix, Cranorrhinus.
subruficollis
● L. subrufus reddish < sub somewhat; rufus rufous; Mod. L. -collis
-necked, -throated < L. collum neck; ex “Chorlito garganta blanca acanelada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 403 (Calidris).
● L. sub near to; specific name Buceros ruficollis Vieillot, 1816 (= syn. Rhyticeros plicatus) (Rhyticeros).
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)
