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Mindoro hornbill

Penelopides mindorensis Steere, 1890

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The mindoro hornbill (Penelopides mindorensis) is a species in the family Bucerotidae, order Bucerotiformes. Recorded adults weigh 429.8 g to 485.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Mindoro hornbill (Penelopides mindorensis)
Photo: Michaela Webb · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mindoro hornbill

Weight
429.8 g – 485.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mindoro hornbill live?

Not recorded

What is the mindoro hornbill?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Mindoro hornbill” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mindoro_hornbill&oldid=1383371041), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the mindoro hornbill endangered?

The mindoro hornbill is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

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How is the mindoro hornbill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderBucerotiformes
  5. familyBucerotidae
  6. genusPenelopides
  7. SpeciesPenelopides mindorensis Steere, 1890

Synonyms Penelopides panini mindoronensis, Penelopides schmackeri

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • أبو قرن الميندورويArabic
  • মিন্ডোরোর ধনেশBangla
  • Kalao MindoroBreton
  • calau de MindoroCatalan
  • zoborožec mindorskýCzech
  • MindorohornfuglDanish
  • MindorohornvogelGerman
  • Mindoro-HornvogelGerman
  • Mindoro-TariktikhornvogelGerman
  • MindorotariktikhornvogelGerman
  • mindora buceroEsperanto
  • Cálao chico de MindoroSpanish
  • mindoro sarvlindEstonian
  • نوکشاخ میندوروPersian
  • mindoronuurrenokkaFinnish
  • Calao de MindoroFrench
  • mindorski kljunorožacCroatian
  • mindorói szarvascsőrűHungarian
  • Bucero di MindoroItalian
  • ミンドロカオグロサイチョウJapanese
  • mindorinis penelopidasLithuanian
  • MindoroneushoornvogelDutch
  • dzioborożec mindorskiPolish
  • calau-de-mindoroPortuguese
  • calau-pequeno-de-mindoroPortuguese
  • Миндорский калаоRussian
  • Миндорская птица-носорогRussian
  • zobákorožec mindorskýSlovak
  • Kljunorožac sa ostrva MindoroSerbian
  • mindoronäshornsfågelSwedish
  • Mindoro BoynuzgagasıTurkish
  • калао міндорськийUkrainian
  • калао міндорійськийUkrainian
  • 民岛犀鸟Chinese
  • 民多羅犀鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the mindoro hornbill

Other species in the same genus Penelopides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the mindoro hornbill?

An adult mindoro hornbill weighs 429.8 g – 485.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mindoro hornbill endangered?

The mindoro hornbill is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the mindoro hornbill?

The mindoro hornbill (Penelopides mindorensis) belongs to the family Bucerotidae in the order Bucerotiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{mindoro_hornbill_2026,
  title = {Mindoro hornbill (Penelopides mindorensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mindoro-hornbill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}