Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill / Tockus leucomelas
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Buceros leucomelas Verz.Samml.Vog.Kaffernl. p.17
Taxonomy: Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Tockus
Taxonomy Code: sybhor1
Type Locality: Kaffirland.
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1842
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TOCKUS
(Bucerotidae; Ϯ Red-billed Hornbill T. erythrorhynchus) "Les nègres du Sénégal lui ont donné le nom de tock, & nous avons cru devoir de lui conserver" (de Buffon 1770-1783) (cf. "Buceros galeatus [= Rhinoplax vigil] ... This species is called Toko ... in Sumatra" (Raffles 1822)); "Sous-genre. TOCK; Tockus. Bec recourbé, élevé, très-comprimé, à arête vive, à bords lisses et dentelés. 1. CALAO TOCK; Buceros erythrorhynchus, Briss., pl. 46, fig. 2. Enl., 260; Levaill., pl. 238; Buceros nasutus, Var. B. ... Habite le Sénégal" (Lesson 1830); "Tockus Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 4, 1830, p. 252. Type, by subsequent designation, Buceros erythrorhynchus Brisson i.e. Temminck. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 50.)" (Peters 1945, V, 254).
Var. Toccus, Tocus (variant French name "Toc"), Poccus.
Synon. Alophius, Nototockus, Xanthorhynchus.
leucomelas
Gr. λευκος leukos white; μελας melas, μελανος melanos black (cf. λευκομελας leukomelas grey).
● ex “Pic du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 345, fig. 1, and “Épeiche du Canada” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Dendrocopos villosus).
● ex “Harle à manteau noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Mergus serrator).
● ex “Esparvero negriblanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 28 (syn. Micrastur semitorquatus).
● ex “Barbu du Cap de bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 1, and “Barbu à plastron nor” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (Tricholaema).
● ex “Zorzal obscuro y blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 80 (Turdus).
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)