Blyth's hornbill

Meaning

Noun

Rhyticeros plicatus (species), a large hornbill inhabiting the forest canopy in Wallacea and Melanesia.

Origin

To commemorate Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

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