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Writhed Hornbill
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male (side) and female (left) writhed hornbills
Information
Common Name Mindanao Wrinkled Hornbill
Range Philippine islands of Mindanao, Dinagat and Camiguin Sur.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Bucerotiformes
Family Bucerotidae
Genus Aceros
Species Aceros leucocephalus
Conservation Status
NTSpecies
Near Threatened

The Writhed hornbill (Aceros leucocephalus), also known as the Mindanao wrinkled hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to humid forests on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Dinagat and Camiguin Sur. It formerly included the Walden's hornbill as a subspecies, but unlike that species, both sexes of the writhed hornbill have orange-red throat and peri-ocular skin.

The writhed hornbill is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.