Piping hornbill

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Piping hornbill
Piping Hornbill RWD1.jpg
At Birds of Eden aviary, South Africa

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Bycanistes
Species:
B. fistulator
Binomial name
Bycanistes fistulator
(Cassin, 1852)
At , Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

The piping hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) is a bird in the hornbill family. This black-and-white species is found in humid forest and second growth in Central and West Africa, ranging from Senegal east to Uganda and south to Angola. At about 50 centimetres (20 in) in length, it is the smallest member of the genus Bycanistes.

An individual in flight with a palm nut between its bill. LUFASI Nature Park, Lagos, Nigeria

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Bycanistes fistulator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22725962A132234122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22725962A132234122.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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