Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Crowned Hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus) - HBW 6, p. 491
French: Calao couronné
German: Kronentoko
Spanish: Toco Coronado
Other common names: African Crowned Hornbill
Taxonomy: Lophoceros alboterminatus Büttikofer, 1889, Gambos, Angola.
Forms a superspecies with T. bradfieldi and T. fasciatus; closely related also to T. hemprichii, all four having similar calls and displays. Various races proposed on basis of differences in size and darkness of plumage, including geloensis from NE & E of range, suahelicus from E coastal forest, stegmanni from Uganda to E Zaire and W Tanzania, angolensis from N Angola and nearby parts of Zaire, and australis from S, but populations intergrade widely. Species formerly referred to as Lophoceros melanoleucos, but this name clearl.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with T. bradfieldi and T. fasciatus; closely related also to T. hemprichii, all four having similar calls and displays. Various races proposed on basis of differences in size and darkness of plumage, including geloensis from NE & E of range, suahelicus from E coastal forest, stegmanni from Uganda to E Zaire and W Tanzania, angolensis from N Angola and nearby parts of Zaire, and australis from S, but populations intergrade widely. Species formerly referred to as Lophoceros melanoleucos, but this name clearly applies to some other taxon, possibly Anthracoceros albirostris. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Ethiopia; NE Zaire, NW Uganda, C Kenya and S Somalia S to Angola, extreme NE Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and E South Africa.
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Adult feeding cactus fruit to a juvenile Locality Naro Moru River Lodge, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
wimheylen 9 July 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4.2 -
perching on a branch Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 September 2010 51 weeks ago 35 sec 4.1 -
A male perched holding a berry Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Dave Jackson 31 December 2001 4 years ago 18 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched on a cane Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
An adult preening itself Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Christian Boix Hinzen 6 October 2002 8 years ago 14 sec 3.7 -
A male singig on a branch. Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 28 February 2008 3 years ago 41 sec 3.7
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A perched adult male.
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 12 August 2007 1 year ago 4.2 -
Portrait of the adult male.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 12 December 2011 8 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult male perched.
Locality Naro Moru River Lodge, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 11 February 2006 1 year ago 3.4 -
Perched on a power pylon
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3 -
Individual perched in tree.
Locality False Bay Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Miriam Bauman 29 September 2008 1 year ago 3 -
Perched
Locality Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 18 October 2008 43 weeks ago 2.9
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