Papuan Hornbill

Order - Bucerotiformes
Family - Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Papuan Hornbill

Rhyticeros plicatus

蓝喉皱盔犀鸟

    Size : 65–85 cm; Male 1190–2000 g, Female 1500–2000 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (J. R. Forster, 1781, Seram)
  – N Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, Kasiruta, Bacan, Obi), Seram and Ambon through most of New Guinea and adjacent islands (Waigeo, Salawati, Batanta, Gam, Misool, Yapen and D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago) to Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, and perhaps Mussau), and E to Solomon Is (Buka, Bougainville, Fauro, Shortland, Choiseul, New Georgia Is, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal and Malaita).

Date : 02 September 2018

Location : Kampung Malaumkarta, Distrik Makbon, Kabupaten Sorong, Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia