Western Little Hornbill (Horizocerus hartlaubi)

Other Names (World)
Western Little Hornbill, Black Dwarf Hornbill, Dwarf Black Hornbill

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
35 - 39 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1861

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Black Dwarf Hornbill (Horizocerus hartlaubi) [XC617431]
by id from Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Central African Republic (call, song)

Black Dwarf Hornbill (Horizocerus hartlaubi) [XC217110]
by James Lidster from Parc National de la For\u00eat de Ta\u00ef, Ivory Coast (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

hartlaubi Gould, 1861 - Southern Sierra Leone and southern Guinea east to southern Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic, and south to Gabon and northern Congo.
granti (Hartert, 1895) - East-central Congo and Zaire (Congo Basin) east to southern Sudan and western Uganda, and south to north-western Angola (Cabinda). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Eastern Little Hornbill (Horizocerus granti).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Western Little Hornbill (Horizocerus hartlaubi) - 10 files

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