Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Grey-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus) - HBW 6, p. 520
French: Calao à joues grises
German: Grauwangen-Hornvogel
Spanish: Cálao Carigrís
Other common names: Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Taxonomy: Buceros subcylindricus P. L. Sclater, 1870, Ashanti, Ghana.
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna. Races rather poorly differentiated. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- subcylindricus (P. L. Sclater, 1870) - Sierra Leone, NE Liberia and Ivory Coast E to W Nigeria (delta of R Niger).
- subquadratus Cabanis, 1880 - E Nigeria, Cameroon and Central African Republic E to S Sudan, and S to N & E Zaire, Uganda, SW Kenya and NW Tanzania; also N Angola.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in a tree, preening and calling Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp subquadratus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 38 sec 4.4 -
A male in a tree, calling Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp subquadratus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 56 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of a bird preening its breast Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 6 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A male moving in a tree and picking a dry leaf Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp subquadratus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 39 sec 3.8 -
A male in a tree, with close-ups of the head and the tail Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp subquadratus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 6 years ago 33 sec 3.7 -
in a fig tree Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp subquadratus)
Daniêl Jimenez 2 years ago 18 sec 3.6
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A male eating a fruit.
Locality Budongo Forest, Uganda
Tadeusz Rosinski 14 February 2011 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
A male devour the fruits of the tree
Locality Budongo Forest, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 14 February 2011 48 weeks ago 4 -
Adult male in tree
Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda
Rick Simpson 2 November 2006 3 years ago 4 -
A female devour the fruits on a branch
Locality Budongo Forest, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 14 February 2011 48 weeks ago 3.9 -
Perched in a large tree in by the street in Entebbe
Locality Entebbe, Uganda
Lee Hunter 15 August 2012 14 weeks ago 3.8 -
Adult female flying
Locality Virunga National Park, Nord-Kivu Province, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mlanguy 8 October 2011 1 year ago 3.8
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a male giving calls Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
(ssp subcylindricus)
Michael C 1 April 2009 3 years ago 3
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