Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus) - HBW 6, p. 493
French: Calao à bec noir
German: Grautoko
Spanish: Toco Piquinegro
Other common names: Grey Hornbill(!)
Taxonomy: Buceros nasutus Linnaeus, 1766, Dakar, Senegal.
Forms a superspecies with T. pallidirostris. Larger, darker birds from NE Ethiopia and SW Arabia described as race forskalii, and paler ones from S Angola and Namibia as dorsalis, but neither now seems distinct enough to warrant recognition. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nasutus (Linnaeus, 1766) - S Mauritania E to Ethiopia and W Somalia, S to N Sierra Leone, N Uganda and N Kenya; SW Saudi Arabia and W Yemen.
- epirhinus (Sundevall, 1851) - S Uganda and S Kenya S to C Namibia and N South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male singing and displaying, and then flying away. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (ssp nasutus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 5 years ago 45 sec 4.7 -
A male in a tree and flying away Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp epirhinus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 4.7 -
female bird eating figs Locality Mandinaba, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp nasutus)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 December 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 41 sec 4.3 -
A male on a treetop looking back Locality Banjul, The Gambia (ssp nasutus)
Eldert Groenewoud 22 October 2005 4 years ago 10 sec 4.3 -
A male singing and displaying. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (ssp nasutus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 5 years ago 44 sec 4.3 -
A pair perched in trees, preening Locality Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp epirhinus)
Brooke Clibbon 19 December 2002 5 years ago 31 sec 3.9
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An adult perched on an acacia tree
Locality Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp epirhinus)
Carmelo López 12 December 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
portrait
Locality Mabalingwe Lodge, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp epirhinus)
Georges Olioso 14 September 2004 2 years ago 4.5 -
Female
Locality Waterberg Plateau, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia (ssp epirhinus)
auf 15 July 2004 1 year ago 4.4 -
A female on the ground near Shingwedzi
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 1 year ago 4.4 -
on a bush in open savannah
Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon
Marco Valentini 4 January 2011 12 weeks ago 4.2 -
Male foraging on ground
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 23 March 2009 2 years ago 4
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A male singing. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 26 November 2005 1 year ago 4 -
Two bouts of song of a male. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2005 1 year ago 3 -
Call. 2:27pm. Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia
(ssp epirhinus)
Charles Hesse 20 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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