Tockus
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| A female southern red-billed hornbill | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Tockus Lesson, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Buceros erythrorhynchus[1] (Temminck), 1823
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Tockus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.
Description
[edit]Hornbills in the genus Tockus are medium-sized African birds with triangular shaped curved bills. They can be found in tropical and sub-tropical African grasslands, forests and savannahs. They all have long tail feathers which are black on the exterior and white on the interior.
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following ten species:[2]
- Monteiro's hornbill (Tockus monteiri)
- Red-billed hornbill group
- Northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
- Damara red-billed hornbill (Tockus damarensis)
- Southern red-billed hornbill (Tockus rufirostris)
- Tanzanian red-billed hornbill (Tockus ruahae)
- Western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi)
- Yellow-billed hornbill group
- Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)
- Eastern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)
- Von der Decken's hornbill (Tockus deckeni)
- Jackson's hornbill (Tockus jacksoni)
References
[edit]- ^ "Bucerotidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ 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.
- Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Robert's Birds of South Africa, 6th Edition
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