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Table 36.1 Family distribution of orders Bucerotiformes and Coraciiformes.

Family Common Name # Species Distribution

Bucerotidae Hornbills 62 Afrotropical and Oriental; marginal in Australasian
Upupidae Hoopoes 2 Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental
Phoeniculidae Woodhoopoes 8 Sub‐saharan Africa
Meropidae Bee‐eaters 31 Old World
Coraciidae Rollers 13 Old World
Brachypteraciidae Ground rollers 5 Madagascar
Todidae Todies 5 Greater Antilles
Momotidae Motmots 14 Neotropical
Alcedinidae Kingfishers 120 Worldwide

Table 36.2 Incubation period, clutch size, and nestling period. a

Incubation Clutch Nestling
Species Period (Days) Size Period (Days) a
Southern Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo 21–26 3 32–44
novaeguineae)
Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominous) 20–23 1–3 ?
White‐breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) 18–25 4–7 26–27
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus c. chloris) ~22 2–5 29–30
Carmine Bee‐eater (Merops nubicus) 19–22 2–5 ~30
White‐throated Bee‐eater (Merops albicollis) 19–20 4–7 ∼30
White‐fronted Bee‐eater (Merops bullockoides) 19–20 2–5 ∼30
Blue‐bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster) 18–21 2–4 25–30
Purple Roller (Coracias naevius) 17–23 2–4 25–30
Oriental Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis orientalis) 18–22 3–5 ∼23
Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 16–18 5–8 24–28
Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) 17–18 2–5 28–30
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) 37–41 2 80–90
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) 37–43 1–3 86
Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) 30 2–3 50
Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) 33–40 1–4 72–96
Sulawesi Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus) 28–30 2–4 50–60
Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) 28 2–4 50–60
Knobbed Hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix) 32–35 2–3 ∼100
Wrinkled Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus) 29 2–3 65–73
Writhed Hornbill (Aceros leucocephalus) 29 2 ?
a del Hoyo (2001), merged with SDZG data.