Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)

Other Names (World)
Northern Ground-hornbill, Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
90 - 129 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna. Also, subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland. From sea-level - 3,257 m.

Range (Guide)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Southern Mauritania and Guinea east to Ethiopia, north-western Somalia, north-eastern Kenya and Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Small vertebrates and invertebrates, including tortoises, lizards, spiders, beetles, caterpillars. Also carrion, some fruits, seeds, groundnuts.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) [XC454450]
by id from Wassadou, Tambacounda, Senegal (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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