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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 08:56:04 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill*
Id (Atlas):
Bycanistes brevis
Description (10 )
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
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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.
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.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (66)... )
Listen to XC216060
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis ) [XC216060 ]
by Jacek Betleja from Harenna Forest, Ethiopia (call)
Listen to XC426325
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis ) [XC426325 ]
by Frank Lambert from Karatu, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call, flight call)
Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna . In past, northern populations sometimes separated as subspecies omissus .
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Silvery-cheeked Hornbill see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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