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Visayan tarictic

(Penelopides panini)

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Description

The adults show sexual dimorphism.The male has a creamy-white head and neck,a white upper chest,a reddish-brown lower chest and uppertail-coverts,and a creamy-white buff tail with a broad black tip.The bill and casque are blackish;the former with yellowish ridges.The bare ocular skin is pinkish-white.The tail and bill of the female resemble that of the male,but otherwise the plumage of the female is black,and the ocular skin is blue.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Bucerotiformes
Family:Bucerotidae
Genus:Penelopides
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