Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus)

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

Other Names (World)
Grey-cheeked Hornbill, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Gray-cheeked Hornbill

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
65 - 78 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1870)

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

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (69)...)

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus) [XC263042]
by Martin St-Michel from Kanyanchu, Kibale Forest, Uganda (call)

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus) [XC468010]
by Andres Angulo from Mbam et Djerem National Park, island near second camp, riparian vegetation., Cameroon (song)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna. Subspecies rather poorly differentiated.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

subcylindricus (Sclater, 1870) - Sierra Leone, north-eastern Liberia and Ivory Coast east to western Nigeria (delta of R Niger).
subquadratus Cabanis & Schutt, 1880 - Eastern Nigeria, Cameroon and Central African Republic east to southern Sudan, and south to northern and eastern Zaire, Uganda, south-western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. Also northern Angola.

References
See References.

Files:

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