Anthracoceros is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae.
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1849. The type species was subsequently designated as the Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus). The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), meaning "coal", and κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Anthracoceros was sister to the genus Ocyceros which contains the three grey hornbill species.
The genus contains five species:
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Anthracoceros coronatus Malabar pied hornbill India and Sri Lanka Anthracoceros albirostris Oriental pied hornbill Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Guangxi, Yunnan and Tibet), Eastern and Northern India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam Anthracoceros malayanus Black hornbill Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. Anthracoceros marchei Palawan hornbill Greater Palawan, Philippines Anthracoceros montani Sulu hornbill Greater Sulu, Philippines
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