Family Bucerotidae Rafinesque 1815 (hornbill)
Aves - Bucerotiformes - Bucerotidae
Parent taxon: Bucerotiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007 and Mayr 2022
Sister taxon: Upupidae
Subtaxa: Aceros Buceros Bucorvus Lophoceros Rhyticeros Tockus
Type: Buceros
Ecology: volant frugivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Papua New Guinea (2 collections), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence