Von der Decken’s Hornbill / Tockus deckeni
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Von der Decken's Hornbill
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Protonym: Buceros (Rhynchaceros) Deckeni J.Orn. 16 p.413
Taxonomy: Bucerotiformes / Bucerotidae / Tockus
Taxonomy Code: vddhor1
Type Locality: East Africa; type locality fixed as Seyidie Prov., Kenya Colony, Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 57, 1937, p. 138.
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1868
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.
deckeni
Karl Klaus Freiherr von der Decken (1833-1865) German explorer in East Africa and Madagascar 1860-1865 (syn. Eurocephalus rueppelli, syn. Nectarinia johnstoni, syn. Polihierax semitorquatus castanotus, Tockus, subsp. Turdus abyssinicus).
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)
