Mindoro Hornbill

The Mindoro Tarictic Hornbill , sometimes shortened to Mindoro Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to forests on Mindoro in the Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of P. panini. It is the only tarictic hornbill where both sexes are creamy-white and black. The sexes are very similar, and primarily differ in the colour of the ocular ring .

The Mindoro Hornbill is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

shortened to Mindoro Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to forests on Mindoro in the Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of P. panini. It is the only tarictic hornbill where both sexes are creamy-white and black. The sexes are very similar, and primarily differ in the colour of the ocular ring (pinkish-white in the male, blue in the female). More

* Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis * Visayan Hornbill Penelopides panini * Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis * Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis * Sulawesi Hornbill Penelopides exarhatus * Genus Berenicornis (sometimes included in Aceros) * White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus * Genus Aceros More

Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Endangered Justification This hornbill has a very small population, which is undergoing a continuing decline, primarily as a result of the loss, fragmentation, and degradation of lowland forest, compounded by hunting pressure. It therefore qualifies as Endangered. More

* Mindoro Hornbill - Penelopides mindorensis * Tarictic Hornbill - Penelopides panini * Samar Hornbill - Penelopides samarensis * Mindanao Hornbill - Penelopides affinis * Sulawesi Hornbill - Penelopides exarhatus * Tockus More

Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis - Female Mindoro Hornbill Photographer : More

Mindoro Hornbill, Penelopides mindorensis Bucerotidae (HORNBILLS) Mindoro Hornbill, Penelopides mindorensis This photo was taken in: Philippines The photo was taken by: Wim Van der Schot Philippines report We recorded 331 species of which 151 were endemic. Overall we had an excellent trip. More

Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis = Described by: Steere (1890) Alternate common name(s): Mindoro Tarictic Hornbill Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs No photographs are available for this species Range Wc. Philippines; Restricted range; Mindoro. More