Lophoceros

Lophoceros is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.

Lophoceros
Crowned hornbill, Lophoceros alboterminatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Lophoceros
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Species

See text.

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Lophoceros alboterminatusCrowned hornbillnortheastern Africa
Lophoceros bradfieldiBradfield's hornbillnorthern Botswana, southern Angola and eastern Zimbabwe
Lophoceros fasciatusAfrican pied hornbillThe Gambia to western Uganda and northern Angola
Lophoceros hemprichiiHemprich's hornbillDjibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda
Lophoceros pallidirostrisPale-billed hornbillAngola, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Lophoceros nasutusAfrican grey hornbillSub-Saharan Africa and into Arabia
Lophoceros camurusRed-billed dwarf hornbillAngola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda.

References

  • Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Robert's Birds of South Africa, 6th Edition


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