Palawan hornbill
Anthracoceros marchei Oustalet, 1885
The palawan hornbill (Anthracoceros marchei) is a species in the family Bucerotidae, order Bucerotiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 750 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
Quick facts about the palawan hornbill
- Weight
- 750 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
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the palawan hornbill live?
Not recorded
What is the palawan hornbill?
The Palawan hornbill (Anthracoceros marchei) is a large forest bird endemic to the Philippines. It is one of the 11 endemic hornbills in the country. It is only found in Palawan and the nearby islands of Balabac, Busuanga, Calauit, Culion and Coron. It is locally known as "talusi" in the language Cuyunon. It is threatened by habitat loss, hunting and trapping for the cage-bird trade.
It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess these birds under Philippine Law RA 9147.
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Is the palawan hornbill endangered?
The palawan hornbill is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.
How is the palawan hornbill classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderBucerotiformes
- familyBucerotidae
- genusAnthracoceros
- SpeciesAnthracoceros marchei Oustalet, 1885
Synonyms Anthracoceros lemprieri
Other names and names in other languages (39)
- أبو قرن بالاوانArabic
- পালাবান ধনেশBangla
- Kalao PalawanBreton
- Calau becfalçat de PalawanCatalan
- calau becfalcat de les PalawanCatalan
- zoborožec běloocasýCzech
- cornbig PalawanWelsh
- Palawan NæsehornsfuglDanish
- PalawanhornvogelGerman
- Palawan-HornvogelGerman
- palavana buceroEsperanto
- Cálao de PalawanSpanish
- palawani sarvlindEstonian
- نوکشاخ پالاوانPersian
- palawaninsarvinokkaFinnish
- Calao de PalawanFrench
- קלאו לבן-זנבHebrew
- palawani szarvascsőrűHungarian
- Bucero di PalawanItalian
- パラワンサイチョウJapanese
- Palavaninis ragasnapisLithuanian
- palavaninis raibasis ragasnapisLithuanian
- പലാവാൻ വേഴാമ്പൽMalayalam
- Kéyah Dańlínídę́ę́ʼ tsídii bichʼah łigaaígííNavajo
- PalawanneushoornvogelDutch
- palawanhornfuglNorwegian
- dzioborożec palawańskiPolish
- calau-de-palauãPortuguese
- calau-de-palawanPortuguese
- Палаванская птица-носорогRussian
- zobákorožec palawanskýSlovak
- Palavanski kljunorožacSerbian
- palawannäshornsfågelSwedish
- นกเงือกปาลาวันThai
- Filipin Alaca BoynuzgagasıTurkish
- птах-носоріг палаванськийUkrainian
- Cao cát PalawanVietnamese
- 白嘴斑犀鳥Chinese
- 白嘴斑犀鸟Chinese
Relatives of the palawan hornbill
Other species in the same genus Anthracoceros.
Oriental pied hornbill
Anthracoceros albirostris
Malabar pied hornbill
Anthracoceros coronatus
Black hornbill
Anthracoceros malayanus
Sulu hornbill
Anthracoceros montani
ComparePalawan hornbill vs Oriental pied hornbillPalawan hornbill vs Malabar pied hornbillPalawan hornbill vs Black hornbillPalawan hornbill vs Sulu hornbill
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the palawan hornbill?
An adult palawan hornbill weighs 750 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the palawan hornbill endangered?
The palawan hornbill is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the palawan hornbill?
The palawan hornbill (Anthracoceros marchei) belongs to the family Bucerotidae in the order Bucerotiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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