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Anorrhinus

  • Anorrhinus

    Anorrhinus is a genus of hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests of Southeast Asia (just barely extending into adjacent parts of India and China). 

    1/  Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill
    2/ Austen's brown hornbill (Niệc nâu, Anorrhinus austeni) 
    Austen's brown hornbill is sometimes considered as a subspecies of Tickell's brown hornbill.

    Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
    The name Anorrhinus comes from the Greek words ano (ἄνω), meaning "above," and rhis or rhinos (ῥίς/ῥινός), meaning "nose" or "nostril," referring to the genus's upward-oriented nostrils. 

  • Austen's Brown Hornbill

    Austen's brown hornbill 
    (Niệc nâu, Anorrhinus austeni) 
    Austen's brown hornbill is sometimes considered as a subspecies of Tickell's brown hornbill.

    Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni) is a species of hornbill found in forests from northeastern India and south to Vietnam and northern Thailand.

    Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
    The name Anorrhinus comes from the Greek words ano (ἄνω), meaning "above," and rhis or rhinos (ῥίς/ῥινός), meaning "nose" or "nostril," referring to the genus's upward-oriented nostrils. 

  • Rusty-cheeked Hornbill

    Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), 
    also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill

    Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in Burma and adjacent western Thailand.


    Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
    The name Anorrhinus comes from the Greek words ano (ἄνω), meaning "above," and rhis or rhinos (ῥίς/ῥινός), meaning "nose" or "nostril," referring to the genus's upward-oriented nostrils.