Rhinoceros Hornbill

SCI Name:  Buceros rhinoceros
Protonym:  Buceros Rhinoceros Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.104
Taxonomy:  Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Buceros
Taxonomy Code:  rhihor1
Type Locality:  India, error = Malacca.
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.

rhinoceros
L. rhinoceros, rhinocerotis  rhinoceros  < Gr. ῥινοκερως rhinokerōs, ῥινοκερωτος rhinokerōtos  rhinoceros  < ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos  nose; κερας keras, κερως kerōs  horn (cf. ῥινοκερως rhinokerōs  unidentified African bird, perhaps a hornbill, listed by Hesychius); "46. BUCEROS.  ...  Rhinoceros.  2. B. cornu maxillari frontis recurvato.  Rhinoceros. Bont. jav. 63. t. 64. Olear. mus. t. 15. f. 4. Will. orn. t. 17. f. 3. Worm. mus. 293. Aldr. orn. l. 12. c. 20.  Habitat in India.  Cum Willugbæus aliique rostrum extrorsum serratum sistant, videtur Ramphasti potius generis avis esse. Fœda fœtidaque cadaveribus victitans venatores comitatur." (Linnaeus 1758) (Buceros).

SUBSPECIES

Rhinoceros Hornbill (rhinoceros)
SCI Name: Buceros rhinoceros rhinoceros
rhinoceros
L. rhinoceros, rhinocerotis  rhinoceros  < Gr. ῥινοκερως rhinokerōs, ῥινοκερωτος rhinokerōtos  rhinoceros  < ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos  nose; κερας keras, κερως kerōs  horn (cf. ῥινοκερως rhinokerōs  unidentified African bird, perhaps a hornbill, listed by Hesychius); "46. BUCEROS.  ...  Rhinoceros.  2. B. cornu maxillari frontis recurvato.  Rhinoceros. Bont. jav. 63. t. 64. Olear. mus. t. 15. f. 4. Will. orn. t. 17. f. 3. Worm. mus. 293. Aldr. orn. l. 12. c. 20.  Habitat in India.  Cum Willugbæus aliique rostrum extrorsum serratum sistant, videtur Ramphasti potius generis avis esse. Fœda fœtidaque cadaveribus victitans venatores comitatur." (Linnaeus 1758) (Buceros).

Rhinoceros Hornbill (borneoensis)
SCI Name: Buceros rhinoceros borneoensis
bornea / borneana / borneanum / borneanus / borneense / borneensis / bornensis / borneoensis / borneonense / borneonensis / borneus
Borneo  < Malay Brunei  the Barunai or Brunei Sultanate, wealthy, powerful and more extensive in the 15th century  < Sanskrit Váruna  water, rain.
● Erroneous TL. Borneo (= Amboina); "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  borneus.  6. P. macrourus ruber, remigibus rectricibusque apice viridibus, alis macula cærulea.  Psittacus coccineus, cauda longiore. Edw. av. 173. t. 173.  Habitat in India: Borneo." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eos). This name, albeit erroneous, is the fourth toponym in avian nomenclature.

Rhinoceros Hornbill (silvestris)
SCI Name: Buceros rhinoceros silvestris
silvestris
L. silvestris of the woods < silva woodland.
● ex “Dindon d’Amérique” of Bartram 1799 (subsp. Meleagris gallopavo).