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Malabar Pied Hornbill
Anthracoceros coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) male, Yala National Park Block 5, Sri Lanka
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus), also known as the lesser pied hornbill, is a bird in the hornbill family, a family of tropical birds found in the Old World. The Malabar pied hornbill is a large hornbill, measuring 65 cm (26 in) in length. It has mainly black plumage with a white belly and throat patch, and a yellow bill with a large black casque. The Malabar pied hornbill is a common resident breeder in Sri Lanka and parts of India. It is an omnivore, feeding on fruits, small mammals, birds, small reptiles and insects.
Wikipedia contributors, Malabar pied hornbill; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:26:41.811651+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Anthracoceros coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
- Name authority
- (Boddaert, 1783)
- Common name
- Malabar Pied Hornbill
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Bucerotidae
- Genus
- Anthracoceros
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderBucerotiformes
- familyBucerotidae
- genusAnthracoceros Reichenbach, 1849
- speciesAnthracoceros coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Anthracoceros. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Palawan HornbillAnthracoceros marchei Oustalet, 1885 | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulu HornbillAnthracoceros montani (Oustalet, 1880) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oriental Pied HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris (Shaw, 1808) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanus (Raffles, 1822) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Buceros coronatus Boddaert, 1783 Boddaert, 1783 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554420 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:67H4D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.