Ocyceros
| Ocyceros | |
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| Head of Indian grey hornbill, woodcut from The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Ocyceros Hume, 1873 |
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Ocyceros is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae. Established by Allan Octavian Hume in 1873, it contains the following species,[1] which are limited to the Indian subcontinent.[2]
- Malabar grey hornbill, Ocyceros griseus
- Sri Lanka grey hornbill, Ocyceros gingalensis
- Indian grey hornbill, Ocyceros birostris
Gallery
Indian grey hornbill (O. birostris)
Sri Lanka grey hornbill (O. gingalensis)
Malabar grey hornbill (O. griseus)
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