Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Pale-billed Hornbill (Tockus pallidirostris) - HBW 6, p. 493
French: Calao à bec pâle
German: Blaßschnabeltoko
Spanish: Toco Piquiclaro
Taxonomy: Buceros pallidirostris Hartlaub and Finsch, 1870, Caconda, Angola.
Forms a superspecies with T. nasutus. Races occasionally hybridize at W edge of Luangwa Valley, in Zambia. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallidirostris (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) - EC, C & NE Angola, S Zaire, and E Zambia (W of Luangwa Valley).
- neumanni (Reichenow, 1894) - Zambia (E from Luangwa Valley), Malawi, SE Tanzania and N Mozambique.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair perched.
Locality Mikumi National Park, Tanzania (ssp neumanni)
Nik Borrow 28 November 2007 2 years ago 3
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