Anthracoceros
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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 |
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Anthracoceros coronatus | Malabar pied hornbill | India and Sri Lanka |
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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 |
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Anthracoceros malayanus | Black hornbill | Asia in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. |
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Anthracoceros marchei | Palawan hornbill | Greater Palawan, Philippines |
| Anthracoceros montani | Sulu hornbill | Greater Sulu, Philippines |