The Key to Scientific Names
- Alophius
(Bucerotidae; syn. Tockus † Red-billed Hornbill T. erythrorhynchus) Gr. negative prefix α- a- ; λοφος lophos tuft of hair (cf. αλοφος alophos without a crest); "In Habessinia littorali 9 species venati sumus, europaeum nullam: 1) Bucerotem Forskålii; 2) B. erythrorrynchum var. leucopareum (1 ) ... (1 ) Buceros, Alophius, erythrorrynchus var. leucoparēus H. et E. Statura fere et colore B. erythrorrynchi senegalensis, sed minor et oculorum area carneo-albente, nec atra, cauda longiore, pedibus gracilioribus, unguibus paullo longioribus. Junior avis rostrum mere rubrum offert, adulta in gnathidiis nigricat, haec gulam deplumem, illa plumosam gerit. Plura alibi tradam." (Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833); "Alophius Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833, Symbolae Physicae Avium, Decas Prima (1828), folio aa, p. [51]. Type, by monotypy, Buceros erythrorrynchus leucopareus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833 = Buceros erythrorhynchus Temminck, 1823." (JAJ 2020).
