Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) - HBW 6, p. 519
French: Calao siffleur
German: Schreihornvogel
Spanish: Cálao Silbador
Other common names: Laughing/Whistling/White-tailed Hornbill
Taxonomy: Buceros Fistulator Cassin, 1850, St Paul’s River, Liberia.
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna. Race sharpii intergrades with nominate along R Niger, and with duboisi in E Cameroon. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fistulator (Cassin, 1850) - Senegal E to W Nigeria (E to R Niger).
- sharpii (Elliot, 1873) - R Niger E to S Chad, S to NW Angola and W Zaire.
- duboisi W. L. Sclater, 1922 - Central African Republic and Congo Basin E to S Sudan and W Uganda, S to SC & E Zaire.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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bird preening Locality Semliki National Park, Uganda (ssp duboisi)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 September 2010 50 weeks ago 49 sec 3.5 -
Two birds preening in a tree Locality Semliki National Park, Uganda (ssp duboisi)
Keith Blomerley 12 August 2002 5 years ago 19 sec 3.5 -
A bird preening in a tree, joined by another Locality Semliki National Park, Uganda (ssp duboisi)
Keith Blomerley 12 August 2002 5 years ago 28 sec 3.5
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A perched adult bird.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (ssp sharpii)
Tomasz Doroń 26 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A bird sitting on the branch.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (ssp fistulator)
Tomasz Doroń 12 December 2011 8 weeks ago 3.3
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