Bucerotidae


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Related to Bucerotidae: hornbill, Bucerotiformes
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Noun 1. Bucerotidae - hornbills
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Coraciiformes, order Coraciiformes - rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies
Buceros, genus Buceros - type genus of the family Bucerotidae
hornbill - bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
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These hornbills are classified under Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Aves, Order Bucerotiformes, and Family Bucerotidae. [1] Although they are similar in taxonomy until the family classification, they still possess characteristics that make them different from one another.
Determination of hematological and serum biochemical values and detection of Chlamydophila psittaci antibodies in captive hornbills at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center
The family Bucerotidae was introduced (as Buceronia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815 [10].
Behavioral Pattern of Endemic Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros gingalensis) within the Breeding and Nonbreeding Seasons

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