Pale-billed Hornbill (Lophoceros pallidirostris)

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
51 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Vagrant to Kenya.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Pale-billed Hornbill (Lophoceros pallidirostris) [XC199563]
by Peter Boesman from Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi (call)

Pale-billed Hornbill (Lophoceros pallidirostris) [XC104593]
by Niall Perrins from Lazy J Ranch, Lusaka, Zambia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with African Grey Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus). Subspecies occasionally hybridize at western edge of Luangwa Valley, in Zambia.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pallidirostris (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) - EC, central and north-eastern Angola, southern Zaire, and eastern Zambia (west of Luangwa Valley).
neumanni Reichenow, 1894 - Zambia (eastern from Luangwa Valley), Malawi, south-eastern Tanzania and northern Mozambique.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pale-billed Hornbill (Lophoceros pallidirostris) - 10 files

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