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Female
Photo by martinuk
PICOP, Mangagoy, Bislig, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines, February 2012

Alternative name: Mindanao Tarictic Hornbill

Penelopides affinis

Identification

45cm. A small hornbill with a ridged lower mandible.

Male

  • Creamy-white head and underparts
  • Black ear-coverts and throat
  • Black wings and upperparts with metallic sheen
  • Yellowish-brown tail with black base and tip
  • Horn-coloured bill and low casque, blackish-brown at base of upper mandible, lower mandible with brown ridges
  • Bluish-white skin around eye and on throat

Female

  • Smaller than male
  • Black plumage
  • Blue skin around eye and on throat

Distribution

Endemic to the southern Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan, Dinagat and Siargao)
Still found in remaining large tracts of forest on Mindanao. Dinagat almost completely deforested and species very rare there.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

  • P. a. affinis - Mindanao Tarictic Hornbill on Sarangani and Mindanao
  • P. a. basilanica - Basilan Tarictic Hornbill on Basilan

Samar Hornbill is sometimes included in this species. All species of this genus on the Philippines were formerly considered conspecific as Tarictic Hornbill.

Habitat

Primary evergreen forest up to 900m.

Behaviour

Feeds on fruit, seeds, beetles and lizards.
Usually seen in pairs or small flocks.
Little known about breeding.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 2001. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334306

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