Then we will end up talking about the threats.Ĭollected by Verreaux in 1851, in Borneo.
We will then examine the characteristics of the species as well as their origin and the perception that the populations may have on this mysterious bird. It would be interesting to ask through the six specimens why the Hornbills fascinate. The specimens are mostly from the 19th century, the oldest being from the 18th century. The Natural History Museum of Blois hosts 6 species of Hornbills, each with its own history. In western Borneo, a celebration in honor of the hornbills takes place every five to seven years. The tribes of the Borneo hills consider the Rhinoceros Hornbill as souls delivered to the afterlife. They are represented in many myths of the tribes of Southeast Asia, Indonesia and also Africa. Representation of fertility, wisdom and protection, feeding on small animals and reptiles considered harmful, they have the role of protector and therefore receive from the tribes respect and recognition. The hornbills fascinate, the African and Indo-Malaysian ethnic groups adore them and even idolize them. Their main feature making their fame is their long curved beak topped by a helmet. They are very easily recognizable birds, their size varies between about thirty centimetres and 120 centimetres for the largest species. Unfortunately, they do not escape the current threats to animal species the destruction of their habitat and hunting, whether for ornaments, leisure or food. Some regions are characterised by a high density of endangered species, such as the archipelagos of southeastern Asia, where most of the hornbills are concentrated. The Bucerotidae are a family of birds made up of fifteen genera and sixty species that are found in different ecosystems of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia,East twenty-three of the species of hornbills live in the savannah and in the forests of Africa, thirty-one live in Asia in the tropical forests and four other species are east of the Wallace line. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.Discover my study on the hornbills of the Natural History Museum of Blois in France, carried out as part of an internship to discover the professions of collections conservation. "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". ^ Gill, Frank Donsker, David Rasmussen, Pamela, eds.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Published for the subscribers by the author. A Monograph of the Bucerotidae, or Family of the Hornbills. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). The helmeted hornbill is sometimes included in this genus, but today most authorities place it in the monotypic Rhinoplax instead. India, Bhutan, Nepal, Mainland Southeast Asia, Indonesian Island of Sumatra and North eastern region of India The genus contains three species: Imageīorneo, Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and southern Thailand The type species was designated as the rhinoceros hornbill ( Buceros rhinoceros) by Daniel Giraud Elliot in 1882. The name is from Latin becerus meaning "horned like an ox" which in turn is from the Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn". The genus Buceros was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. Their wingspan can be up to 1.8 meters (6 foot) and they have the largest wingspan out of all the hornbills. All the hornbills in this genus have a large and hollow bony casque on their upper beak that can be useful to scientists and bird watchers to recognise their age, sex and species. Hornbills in the genus Buceros include some of the largest arboreal hornbills in the world, with the largest being the great hornbill. Buceros is a genus of large Asian hornbills (family Bucerotidae).
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