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| Visayan Hornbill Penelopides Panini |
| Common Names: Tariktik (Tagalog),
Talusi, Taosi (Visayan) Discoverer: Walden, 1875 Category: ENDANGERED Status: Endemic Other Names: Tarictic Hornbill (E), Visayan Taritic (E), Calao de Visayas (F) Habitat/Distribution: 8 races: manillae - Catanduanes, Luzon, and Marinduque; subnigra - Polillo; samarensis - Biliran, Bohol, Calicaon, Leyte and Samar; affinis - Bucas, Dinagat, Mindanao and Siargao; basilanica - Basilan; panini -Guimaras, Masbate, Negros, Pan de Azucar, Panay and Sicogon; ticaensis - Ticao; mindorensis - Mindoro. Habitat / Behavior: panini - being slightly smaller then 21", manillae - 21", ticaensis -24 1/2"; Noisy, in pairs or in small groups, in forest and forest edge up to 1500 m. Usually doesn't fly above the canopy but tends to dart between treetops. Flies with alternate flying and gliding. Often seen perched on exposed branches or dead snags. Breeding recorded in May. Known to lay 3 eggs in tree cavities with the female enclosed in the cavity during incubation. Call is 1 or 2 distinctly nasal notes eenk resembling sounds of a toy trumpet, with a brief paus between notes. Single notes more commonly given while foraging. While in flight may give several hurried notes in succession (THF & RSK: R. Kennedy and P. Morris recordings)
Threats: Hunting and habitat loss Photograph Information: Courtesy of theMuseum of Natural History, JC Gonzales and FFI. Photos taken by JC Gonzales and Andres Tomas L. Dans [left and middle], Visayan Tarictic Hornbill (male and female) from the Endangered Species Rescue Center in the Negros Forest and Ecological Foundation, Inc. in Bacolod City 1997. [right] Courtesy of T.Fisher and N. Hicks' "A Photographic Field Guide to Birds of the Philippines" |
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