Rusty-cheeked Hornbill
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The Tickell's Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the Rusty-cheeked Hornbill, is a species of hornbill
found in forests in southern Burma and adjacent western Thailand
. It often includes the Austen's Brown Hornbill as a subspecies
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It is about 60–65 cm in length. It is a medium sized hornbill, darker brown above and red brown below. Male has brighter rufous-cheeks and throat. Juveniles of both sexes resemble adult males.
It inhabits the evergreen and deciduous hill forest from foothills to 1500 m.
It breeds co-cooperatively, in groups.
Habitat loss to logging and agriculture known to be prevalent within its range.
The binomial commemorates the ornithologist Samuel Tickell
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Hornbill
Hornbills are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly-colored and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandible. Both the common English and the scientific name of the family...
found in forests in southern Burma and adjacent western Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. It often includes the Austen's Brown Hornbill as a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
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It is about 60–65 cm in length. It is a medium sized hornbill, darker brown above and red brown below. Male has brighter rufous-cheeks and throat. Juveniles of both sexes resemble adult males.
It inhabits the evergreen and deciduous hill forest from foothills to 1500 m.
It breeds co-cooperatively, in groups.
Habitat loss to logging and agriculture known to be prevalent within its range.
The binomial commemorates the ornithologist Samuel Tickell
Samuel Tickell
Colonel Samuel Richard Tickell was a British army officer, artist and ornithologist in India and Burma.Tickell was born at Cuttack in India. He was educated in England, returning at the age of nineteen to join the Bengal Native Infantry. He served in Bengal until 1840, when he was made commander...
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