Anthracoceros

Anthracoceros is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae.

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1849.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The type species was subsequently designated as the Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), meaning "coal", and κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Anthracoceros was sister to the genus Ocyceros which contains the three grey hornbill species.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The genus contains five species:<ref name=ioc>Template:Cite web</ref>

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
File:Anthracoceros coronatus -Yala National Park, Sri Lanka-8.jpg	Anthracoceros coronatus	Malabar pied hornbill	India and Sri Lanka
File:Anthracoceros albirostris, Oriental pied hornbill - Kaeng Krachan National Park (23576110199).jpg	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
File:Malayan black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) -London Zoo.jpg	Anthracoceros malayanus	Black hornbill	Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.
File:Anthracoceros marchei -Palawan-8.jpg	Anthracoceros marchei	Palawan hornbill	Greater Palawan, Philippines
	Anthracoceros montani	Sulu hornbill	Greater Sulu, Philippines

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