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Rhyticeros narcondami (Narcondam Hornbill)

Synonyms: Aceros narcondami

Wikipedia Abstract

The Narcondam Hornbill (Rhyticeros narcondami) is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to the Indian island of Narcondam in the Andamans. Males and females have distinct plumages.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhyticeros narcondami

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Rhyticeros narcondami

Attributes

Clutch Size [1]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Andaman Islands rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Important Bird Areas

BirdLife Species Factsheet: View Factsheet
Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Narcondam Island Wildlife Sanctuary India A1, A2    

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Narcondam Island Wildlife Sanctuary India    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Yes

Prey / Diet

Caryota mitis (Burmese fishtail palm)[1]
Ficus altissima (false banyan)[2]
Ficus religiosa (peepul tree)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aceros cassidix (Knobbed Hornbill)1
Aceros corrugatus (Wrinkled Hornbill)1
Acridotheres cristatellus (Crested Myna)1
Acridotheres tristis (Common Myna)1
Alophoixus pallidus (Puff-throated Bulbul)1
Anorrhinus galeritus (Bushy-crested Hornbill)1
Anorrhinus tickelli (Brown Hornbill)1
Anthracoceros albirostris (Oriental Pied Hornbill)1
Axis axis (chital)1
Boselaphus tragocamelus (nilgai)1
Buceros bicornis (Great Hornbill)2
Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel)1
Calyptomena viridis (Green Broadbill)1
Cervus unicolor (sambar)1
Chloropsis cochinchinensis (Blue-winged Leafbird)1
Corvus macrorhynchos (Large-billed Crow)1
Cynopterus brachyotis (lesser short-nosed fruit bat)1
Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat)1
Dendrocitta vagabunda (Rufous Treepie)1
Dicaeum agile (Thick-billed Flowerpecker)2
Ducula badia (Mountain Imperial Pigeon)1
Elephas maximus (Asiatic Elephant)1
Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel)1
Galloperdix spadicea (Red Spurfowl)1
Gracula religiosa (Hill Myna)1
Hylobates hoolock (hoolock gibbon)1
Hylobates lar (white-handed gibbon)1
Hylobates moloch (silvery gibbon)1
Iole propinqua (Grey-eyed Bulbul)1
Irena puella (Asian Fairy-bluebird)1
Loriculus galgulus (Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot)1
Loriculus vernalis (Vernal Hanging Parrot)1
Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)1
Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey)1
Megalaima australis (Blue-eared Barbet)1
Megalaima chrysopogon (Golden-whiskered Barbet)1
Megalaima faiostricta (Green-eared Barbet)1
Megalaima haemacephala (Coppersmith Barbet)1
Megalaima incognita (Moustached Barbet)1
Megalaima lineata (Lineated Barbet)1
Megalaima mystacophanos (Red-throated Barbet)1
Megalaima zeylanica (Brown-headed Barbet)1
Melursus ursinus (Sloth Bear)1
Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock Thrush)1
Muntiacus muntjak (Indian muntjac)1
Ocyceros birostris (Indian Grey Hornbill)1
Ocyceros gingalensis (Sri Lankan Grey Hornbill)1
Oriolus chinensis (Black-naped Oriole)1
Pongo pygmaeus (orangutan)1
Presbytis melalophos (mitred leaf monkey)1
Pteropus giganteus (Indian flying fox)1
Pycnonotus atriceps (Black-headed Bulbul)1
Pycnonotus brunneus (Asian Red-eyed Bulbul)1
Pycnonotus cafer (Red-vented Bulbul)1
Pycnonotus jocosus (Red-whiskered Bulbul)1
Pycnonotus melanicterus (Black-crested Bulbul)1
Pygathrix nemaeus (Douc langur)1
Ratufa bicolor (black giant squirrel)1
Rhinoceros unicornis (Indian rhinoceros)1
Rhinoplax vigil (Helmeted Hornbill)1
Rhyticeros undulatus (Wreathed Hornbill)1
Semnopithecus entellus (Hanuman langur)1
Tephrodornis pondicerianus (Common Woodshrike)1
Treron capellei (Large Green Pigeon)1
Treron curvirostra (Thick-billed Green Pigeon)1
Treron phoenicopterus (Yellow-footed Green Pigeon)1
Zosterops palpebrosus (Oriental White-eye)2

Range Map

Link to Map
Southern Asia;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by , , ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Narcondam Hornbill, BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. ♦ 2"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by BirdLife International (2011) Bird species distribution maps of the world.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access