Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) - HBW 6, p. 519
French: Calao trompette
German: Trompeterhornvogel
Spanish: Cálao Trompetero
Taxonomy: Buceros bucinator [sic] Temminck, 1824, Knysna, South Africa.
Genus sometimes merged with Ceratogymna. Monotypic.
Distribution: N & NE Angola and S Zaire across to S Kenya, and S to NE Namibia, N Botswana, E Zimbabwe and E South Africa.
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A pair perched, the male calling Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2007 5 years ago 48 sec 4.4 -
A pair showing allopreening, and then a close-up of the bill of the male Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 June 2005 6 years ago 25 sec 4.1 -
A male, initially hidden then flying onto a perch where seen preening Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 13 September 1999 1 year ago 42 sec 3.8 -
A pair preening Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 1998 11 years ago 28 sec 3.4 -
A male in a tree, rubbing its bill Locality Shongweni Dam, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 2004 7 years ago 47 sec 3.3 -
A bird on a branch and hopping to the ground Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 21 October 2004 7 years ago 13 sec 3
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A male perched.
Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 19 November 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Near the waterfalls
Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe
Marco Valentini 25 August 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
An adult female -note the relatively small fore-shortened casque.
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 8 August 2007 3 years ago 4.2 -
High above on a branch against a blue sky
Locality Livingstone (Maramba), Southern Province, Zambia
Lee Hunter 11 August 2010 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
Close-up from top of Canopy Tower.
Locality Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Miriam Bauman 2 October 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
Portrait of the adult male.
Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 5 June 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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A pair calling high up on the gorge walls. 7:47am. Locality Hoopoe Falls Trail, Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 9 January 2010 3 years ago 3
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