Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hornbills :: Red-billed Hornbill

Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus

Described by: Temminck (1823)
Alternate common name(s): African Red-billed Hornbill, South African Red-billed Hornbill, Damaraland Red-billed Hornbill
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Botswana - Aug, 1999 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  South Africa - Date unknown © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Bijilo Forest Park, The Gambia - Feb 7, 2004 © Ben van den Broek  The Gambia - Dec, 2002 © Ben van den Broek  Borakalalo Nature Reserve, South Africa - Aug, 2004 © Déwald Swanepoel 
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Range

W. to e. Africa. Tropical s. Africa;
Two populations;
(1) Inner Nile Delta (18°N along the Nile River) s. to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, e. Uganda and Tanzania.
(2) S. Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea e. in a narrow strip through s. Mali along the Niger River, Burkina Faso, s. Niger, n. Ivory Coast, n. Ghana, Benin, Togo, n. Nigeria, ne. Cameroon, s. Chad, n. Central African Republic and s. Sudan.
(3) Malawi, Zambia in Luangwa and Zambezi Valleys, Zimbabwe, n. and e. Botswana, w. and s. Angola as far n. as Catumbela, ne. Namibia, w. and sw. Mozambique and ne. South Africa (Transvaal, n. Natal).
(4) N. Namibia (Damaraland, n. and c. highlands).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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