Eastern long-tailed hornbill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Horizocerus
Species:
H. cassini
Binomial name
Horizocerus cassini
(Finsch, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Ortholophus cassini Finsch, 1903
  • Horizocerus albocristatus cassini (Finsch, 1903)

The eastern long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus cassini) is a species of bird in the hornbill family Bucerotidae found in humid forests of West Africa. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".

Taxonomy

The eastern long-tailed hornbill was formally described in 1903 by the German naturalist Otto Finsch based on a specimen from Gabon in West Africa. He coined the binomial name Ortholophus cassini.[2][3] The specific epithet was chosen to honour the American ornithologist John Cassin.[4] The species is now placed in the genus Horizocerus that was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The eastern long-tailed hornbill was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".[5]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Horizocerus cassini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725956A94907270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725956A94907270.en. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Finsch, Otto (1903). "Ueber die arten der Bucerotidien gattung Ortholophus, Grant". Notes from the Leiden Museum (in German). 23 (4): 195-205 [201-205.
  3. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 261.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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