Anthracoceros montani — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Bucerotiformes/Bucerotidae/Anthracoceros

At a glance

Occurrence records29

Data sources6

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Anthracoceros montani's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility29 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF29 records

01Narrative

The Sulu hornbill (Anthracoceros montani), or Montano's hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to the Sulu archipelago in the Philippines, with the remaining populations in Tawi-Tawi with it believed to be hunted to extinction on Jolo. Its natural habitat is tropical moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss as well as potential harvesting for food. Its diet includes fruit, insects, and small lizards.Anthracoceros montani factsheet at BirdBase In 2019 it was reported that only 27 mature individual hornbills are still believed to be alive in the wild a making it one of the most endangered animals in the world.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology11

Beak depth60.5 mm

Beak length (culmen)128 mm

Beak length (nares)97.4 mm

Beak width29.5 mm

Body mass741 g

Hand-wing index18

Kipp's distance50.3 mm

Secondary length229 mm

Tail length252 mm

Tarsus length48.8 mm

Wing length284 mm

Diet & foraging8

Fruit70 %

Ground20 %

Invertebrate10 %

Midhigh40 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheFrugivore

Understory40 %

Vertebrate ectotherm20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size586 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type29 records

Wild obs. + sensor26

Museum / vouchered3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO56 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor26

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Copenhagen, DK	2
New Haven, US	1

2 institutions · 3 of 3 vouchered records shown