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Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus erythrorhynchus

Photo by KévinlePape
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This conspicuous bird has mainly whitish underparts and head, and grey upperparts. It has a long tail and a long and curved red bill which lacks a casque. Sexes are similar, but the female has a smaller bill. It is a large bird, at 42 cm long, but is one of the smaller hornbills. It advertises its presence with its noisy accelerating tok-tok-tok-toktoktok call.

Habitat:

woodland, savana

Notes:

The second pic is a juvenile

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Comments (2)

It looks like the legendary phoenix rising from the ashes!
fantastic pics

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