Western Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator)

Other Scientific Names
Ceratogymna fistulator [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Western Piping Hornbill, Piping Hornbill, Laughing Hornbill, Whistling Hornbill, White-tailed Hornbill

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
50 - 60 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1852)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, mangroves, swamp forest. From sea-level - 600 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, 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 (22)...)

Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) [XC522265]
by Peter Boesman from For\u00eat class\u00e9e de Yapo, Lagunes District, Ivory Coast (call)

Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) [XC284262]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Sempaya, Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna. Subspecies sharpii intergrades with nominate along R Niger, and with duboisi in eastern Cameroon.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

fistulator (Cassin, 1852) - Senegal east to western Nigeria (east to R Niger).
sharpii (Elliot, DG, 1873) - R Niger east to southern Chad, south to north-western Angola and western Zaire. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Eastern Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes sharpii).
duboisi Sclater, WL, 1922 - Central African Republic and Congo Basin east to southern Sudan and western Uganda, south to south-central and eastern Zaire.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Western Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) - 10 files

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