Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Red-billed Dwarf-hornbill (Tockus camurus) - HBW 6, p. 496
French: Calao pygmée
German: Zwergtoko
Spanish: Toco Pardo
Other common names: Dwarf (Red-billed) Hornbill
Taxonomy: Tockus camurus Cassin, 1857, Cape Lopez, Gabon.
In past, birds from Nigeria westwards sometimes separated as race pulchrirostris. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Sierra Leone and S Guinea E to W Uganda, S to NW Angola (Cabinda) and S Zaire.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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side/rear view in the canopy with food item in bill, eats it, flies Locality Suhen Forest, Central Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 7 December 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 3.5 -
one moving in canopy Locality Semliki National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 June 2004 2 years ago 38 sec 3.3
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Adult
Locality Abrafo, Central Region, Ghana
Adam Riley 13 December 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
Adult perched.
Locality Lopé National Park, Gabon (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 17 August 2009 3 years ago 2.8 -
A perched bird.
Locality Hans Cottage, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 25 November 2009 2 years ago 2.6
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