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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
13/05/2024 01:32:37 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
White-thighed Hornbill*
Id (Atlas):
Bycanistes albotibialis
Description (10 )
White-thighed Hornbill
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Other Scientific Names
Ceratogymna albotibialis [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]
Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
Size
65 - 77 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 4,054 m.
Angola (B), Benin (B), Cameroon (B), Central African Republic (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Equatorial Guinea (B), Gabon (B), Nigeria (B), Sudan (B), Uganda (B).
Benin east to western Uganda and south to Congo, western Zaire and northern Angola.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
Habitat destruction and fragmentation is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)... )
Listen to XC430368
White-thighed Hornbill (Bycanistes albotibialis ) [XC430368 ]
by Andres Angulo Rubiano from Budongo forest, Royal Mile, Bujenje (near Masindi), Masindi, Western Region, Uganda (call)
Listen to XC492364
White-thighed Hornbill (Bycanistes albotibialis ) [XC492364 ]
by Peter Boesman from Lobeke National park, Gran Savanna camp, Cameroon (song)
Subspecies
Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus ) and White-thighed Hornbill (Bycanistes albotibialis ) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include White-thighed Hornbill (Bycanistes albotibialis ) as a subspecies of Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus ).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus ).
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the White-thighed Hornbill see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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