Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)

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

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
74 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Friedmann, 1929)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Eritrea.

Ethiopian Highlands, south-eastern Sudan and central Kenya south to eastern and southern Tanzania and Malawi; and central Mozambique to south-eastern Zimbabwe.

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 (66)...)

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) [XC48089]
by Louis A. Hansen, Henrik Kisbye, Louise Pedersen, Marcel Rahner, the late Jens Otto Svendsen from Kimhandu Hill, Uluguru South F.R, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (song)

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) [XC446022]
by Louis A. Hansen from Vikongwa camp and general area, Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna. In past, northern populations sometimes separated as subspecies omissus.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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