Horizocerus | |
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White-crested hornbill, Horizocerus albocristatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | Bucerotidae |
Genus: | Horizocerus Oberholser, 1899 |
Species | |
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Horizocerus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, that are native to West Africa.
Species
The genus contains the following four species:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Horizocerus hartlaubi | Western dwarf hornbill | south Guinea and south Sierra Leone to Gabon and the Congo Basin west of the Congo River | |
Horizocerus granti | Eastern dwarf hornbill | Democratic Republic of the Congo and east central Congo to west Uganda | |
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Horizocerus albocristatus | Western long-tailed hornbill | Guinea to Benin in West Africa |
Horizocerus cassini | Eastern long-tailed hornbill | Nigeria to north Angola and west Uganda |
References
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2024.