Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) - HBW 6, p. 520
French: Calao à joues argent
German: Silberwangen-Hornvogel
Spanish: Cálao Cariplateado
Taxonomy: Bycanistes cristatus brevis Friedmann, 1929, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna. In past, N populations sometimes separated as race omissus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Ethiopian Highlands, SE Sudan and C Kenya S to E & S Tanzania and Malawi; and C Mozambique to SE Zimbabwe.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female in a tree, eating figs. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 7 years ago 37 sec 3.7 -
A male perched on a broken branch. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 7 years ago 39 sec 3.6 -
A male eating fruit in a tree Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 9 April 2002 5 years ago 22 sec 3.4 -
A close-up of a male and a female perched. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 44 sec 3.3 -
A close view of a perched female. Locality Aviapark, La Muela, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Jesús Laborda 18 April 2008 4 years ago 26 sec 2 -
A perched female, with a close view of the head. Locality Aviapark, La Muela, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Jesús Laborda 18 April 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 2
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Portrait of an adult female.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 11 August 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Portrait of an adult male.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 11 August 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Adult male Bird on an old tree
Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Cindywutsch 8 September 2012 13 weeks ago 3.8 -
Portrait of a adult male.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 30 September 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
A pair perched, male on the left and female on the right.
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 8 November 2011 51 weeks ago 3.7 -
adult male feeding on berries
Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 18 July 2009 22 weeks ago 3.5
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Calls by a female. Locality West Usambara, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
(Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 20 February 2012 15 weeks ago 4
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