Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus) - HBW 6, p. 519
French: Calao à joues brunes
German: Braunwangen-Hornvogel
Spanish: Cálao Caripardo
Other common names: White-thighed Hornbill (albotibialis)
Taxonomy: Buceros cylindricus Temminck, 1831, Cape Coast, West Africa.
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna. Distinctive race albotibialis, with discrete range, possibly a separate species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cylindricus (Temminck, 1831) - Sierra Leone E to Togo.
- albotibialis (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877) - Benin E to W Uganda and S to Congo, W Zaire and N Angola.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A male in a tree, finally preening Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp albotibialis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 4 years ago 37 sec 3.8 -
perching and flying away Locality Semliki National Park, Uganda (ssp albotibialis)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 September 2010 51 weeks ago 7 sec 3.2 -
one exposed branch, flies Locality Canopy Walkway, Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp cylindricus)
Martin Kennewell 8 December 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 2.8
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Bird on the tree
Locality Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp albotibialis)
Piotr Jonczyk 14 February 2011 45 weeks ago 3.6 -
A female bird perched high in a tree
Locality Atewa Range, Ghana (ssp cylindricus)
Ian Fulton 1 April 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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