Mindoro hornbill
| Mindoro hornbill | |
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| Female with blue facial skin | |
| Male with pink facial skin | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Penelopides |
| Species: | P. mindorensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Penelopides mindorensis Steere, 1890
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| Synonyms | |
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Penelopides panini mindorensis | |
The Mindoro hornbill (Penelopides mindorensis) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to forests on Mindoro in the Philippines found in tropical moist lowland forests. As is the case with all five Philippine tarictic hornbills, formerly considered to be just one species. It is the only tarictic hornbill where both sexes are creamy-white and black. The sexes are very similar, differing primarily in the colour of the ocular ring (pinkish-white in the male, blue in the female). It is threatened by habitat loss, and is consequently considered endangered by the IUCN.
It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess these birds under Philippine Law RA 9147.