The Zoochat Photographic Guide To The Bucerotiformes and Basal Allies

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Upupa


Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout central and southern Eurasia, with these populations largely wintering in the Iberian Peninsula and Maghreb, the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa, and patchily in the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent; resident populations occur in the Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, much of southern and southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Across the summer and resident range, largely absent from arid areas, high altitudes and tropical rainforests.

Seven subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

U. e. epops - summer breeding populations extend from the Maghreb, France and the Iberian Peninsula, throughout southern and central Europe and the Middle East into south-central Russia, northwestern China and northwestern India; wintering populations occur in the Iberian Peninsula, coastal Maghreb, Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa and through the Arabian Peninsula into the western Indian subcontinent.
U. e. major - occurs throughout Egypt, northern Sudan and eastern Chad
U. e. ceylonensis - occurs throughout Pakistan, peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
U. e. longirostris - occurs throughout Bangladesh, Assam and south-central China, and from here into Indochina and the northern Malay Peninsula.
U. e. senegalensis - occurs throughout the Sahel from Mauritania and Sierra Leone in the east to Ethiopia and Somalia in the west.
U. e. waibeli - occurs throughout north-central sub-Saharan Africa from Cameroon and southern Chad in the west, through the northern DRC to Uganda and northern Kenya in the east.
U. e. africana - occurs throughout much of central and southern Africa from Gabon and west-central DRC in the west to central Kenya in the east, and south to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

Photograph of a captive animal (U. e. epops) taken at Bird Paradise in Singapore by @Leo K. :

Photograph of a wild animal (U. e. longirostris) taken at Manas National Park, Assam by @Chlidonias :

Photograph of a wild animal (U. e. senegalensis) taken at Bishangari Lodge, Ethiopia by @Maguari :

Photograph of a wild animal (U. e. africana) taken in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania by @Hix :

Madagascar Hoopoe (Upupa marginata)

Endemic to Madagascar.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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While not a great picture, there is a picture from a Madagascar hoopoe in the gallery:

It is a 2014 picture from Ifaty in Madagascar.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

PHOENICULIDAE


This family comprises 2 extant genera:

Phoeniculus - Woodhoopoes (4 species)

Rhinopomastus - Scimatarbills (4 species)

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[TeaLovingDave]

Phoeniculus


Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)

The range of this species extends throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and southwest Mauritania in the west to Sudan and western Ethiopia in the east, and south to the Cape; largely absent from the Congo Basin and the arid regions of southwest Africa.

Six subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. p. guineensis - found throughout the western Sahel, from southern Mauritania and northern Senegal in the west, to southern Chad and the Central African Republic in the east.
P. p. senegalensis - found throughout coastal West Africa from Senegal, Gambia and Sierra Leone into southern Ghana.
P. p. niloticus - found throughout the eastern Sahel, from southern Suda into western Ethiopia, and south into South Sudan and northeast DRC.
P. p. marwitzi - found throughout eastern Africa from Kenya and Uganda in the north to northeast South Africa in the south; patchily present in the Horn of Africa.
P. p. angolensis - found throughout southwestern Africa from eastern Namibia and Angola, east into western Zambia and Zimbabwe, and south into northern South Africa.
P. p. purpureus - found throughout southeast South Africa.

Photograph of a wild individual (P. p. angolensis) taken at Khwai Community Area, Botswana by @Maguari :

Photograph of a wild individual (P. p. senegalensis) taken at Bijilo Monkey Park, Gambia by @vogelcommando :

Photograph of a captive individual of unknown subspecies taken at Singapore Bird Paradise by @Zooish :

Violet Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis)

The range of this species represents a pair of widely-disjunct populations in southwest Africa and northeast Africa.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. d. damarensis - found throughout southwest Angola into western and central Namibia.
P. d. granti - found from southern Ethiopia into central and eastern Kenya.

No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-billed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis)

The range of this species extends throughout Ethiopia and into adjacent regions of Somalia, Eritrea and Kenya.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows

P. s. somaliensis - found in southeast Ethiopia and adjacent regions of western Somalia and northern Kenya.
P. s. neglectus - found in central and southwest Ethiopia.
P. s. abyssinicus - found in northwest Ethiopia and western Eritrea.

Photograph of a wild individual (P. s. neglectus) taken at Bishangari Lodge, Ethiopia by @Maguari :

White-headed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout coastal West Africa and the northern reaches of the Congo Basin.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

P. b. jacksoni - found throughout southern South Sudan, and from here south into eastern DRC and central Kenya.
P. b. bollei - found throughout coastal West Africa and the Congo Basin from southeast Guinea and Liberia in the west to Ghana in the east, and from southern Nigeria in the west to northwest DRC in the east.
P. b. okuensis - endemic to Mt Kilum in western Cameroon.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.

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[TeaLovingDave]

Rhinopomastus


Forest Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus castaneiceps)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout West Africa and the Congo Basin, from southeast Guinea in the west to Rwanda in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

R. c. castaneiceps - found from southeast Guinea to southern Ghana, with a disjunct population in southwest Nigeria.
R. c. brunneiceps - disjunct populations throughout the Congo Basin; in southern Cameroon, Congo and southwest Central African Republic; in northeast DRC; and throughout the Albertine Rift of eastern DRC, Uganda and Rwanda.

No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations in sub-Saharan Africa; throughout the Sahel and adjacent regions of West and Central Africa from Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea in the west to Uganda, Eritrea and western Ethiopia in the east, extending south to the West African coastline in Togo and Benin; and throughout much of Angola barring the southwest, and adjacent regions of southwest DRC, western Zambia and south-central Congo.

Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

R. a. aterrimus - found throughout the western and central Sahel from Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea in the west to western Sudan and northern DRC in the east.
R. a. emini - found from central Sudan into northeast DRC and Uganda.
R. a. notatus - found throughout eastern Sudan, western Eritrea and Ethiopia.
R. a. anchietae - found throughout the southern disjunct range as above.

No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southern and eastern Africa, from northwest Angola in the north to the extreme west of South Africa in the south, and east from here throughout Botswana, Zambia, southern DRC and Tanzania into southern Somalia and Kenya in the north, and northeast South Africa, Eswatini and southern Mozambique in the south.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

R. c. cyanomelas - found throughout western and southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana and adjacent regions of northern South Africa.
R. c. schalowi - found throughout remainder of range as noted above.

No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor)

The range of this species extends throughout Somalia and southern and central Ethiopia, west from here into southeast South Sudan and adjacent Uganda, and south into Kenya and central Tanzania.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

R. m. minor - found throughout the Horn of Africa and adjacent northeast Kenya.
R. m. cabanisi - found from southeast South Sudan in the north to Tanzania in the south.

Photograph of a wild individual (R. m. cabanisi) taken at Tarangire Conservation Area, Tanzania by @Hix :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

BUCORVIDAE


This family comprises 1 extant genus:

Bucorvus - Ground-Hornbills (2 species)
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[TeaLovingDave]

Bucorvus


Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Sahel and adjacent regions of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal, Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west to Eritrea, Ethiopia and northwest Kenya in the east.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive female taken at Bird Paradise, Singapore by @FoxBat :

Photograph of a captive male taken at ZooParc de Beauval, France by @Therabu :

Southern Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)

The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central and eastern Africa, from Angola and northern Namibia in the west, east to northern Mozambique, Malawi and southern Tanzania, and north from here throughout Tanzania into southern Kenya, Rwanda and southernmost Uganda, and south throughout Mozambique into Eswatini and eastern South Africa; largely absent from the arid southwest and south of Africa.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive female taken at John Ball Zoo, USA by @Rhino0118 :

Photograph of a captive male taken at Pakawi Park, Belgium by @KevinB :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

BUCEROTIDAE


This family comprises 15 extant genera:

Lophoceros - Crowned Hornbill and allies (8 species)

Tockus - Von der Decken's Hornbill and allies (10 species)

Berenicornis - White-crowned Hornbill (monotypic)

Horizocerus - Long-tailed Hornbills and allies (4 species)

Ceratogymna - Yellow-casqued and Black-casqued Hornbills (2 species)

Bycanistes - Piping Hornbill and allies (6 species)

Rhinoplax - Helmeted Hornbill (monotypic)

Buceros - Great Hornbill and allies (3 species)

Anorrhinus - Bushy-crested Hornbill and allies (3 species)

Ocyceros - Asian Grey Hornbills (3 species)

Anthracoceros - Pied Hornbill and allies (5 species)

Aceros - Rufous-necked Hornbill (monotypic)

Rhyticeros - Wreathed Hornbill and allies (6 species)

Rhabdotorrhinus - Wrinkled Hornbill and allies (4 species)

Penelopides - Tarictic Hornbill (5 species)
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[TeaLovingDave]

Lophoceros


Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (Lophoceros camurus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of West Africa and the Congo Basin, from southern Sierra Leone in the west to Uganda and southwest South Sudan in the east, and south to northwest Angola and southern DRC.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Crowned Hornbill (Lophoceros alboterminatus)

The range of this species extends from western DRC south and Angola in the west to southwest Tanzania and northeast Mozambique in the east, and from here throughout much of eastern Africa in a patchy and highly-fragmented distribution from Kenya and southern Somalia in the north to coastal southeast South Africa in the south; a disjunct population is present in west-central Ethiopia.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive individual at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore taken by @Zooish :

Bradfield's Hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi)

The range of this species extends from southwest Angola and northwest Namibia in the west, through northern Botswana to southwest Zambia and western Zimbabwe in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


West African Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros semifasciatus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of West Africa, from Senegal and The Gambia in the west to west-central Nigeria in the east.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive individual at Weltvogelpark Walsrode, Germany taken by @Daniel Sörensen :

Congo Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Congo Basin and adjacent regions of Central Africa, from Nigeria in the west, to South Sudan and Uganda in the east, and south to northern Angola and southwest DRC.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Hemprich's Hornbill (Lophoceros hemprichii)

The range of this species extends throughout Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, Djbouti and northern Sudan, through central Ethiopia into southeast South Sudan, northeast Uganda and west-central Kenya.

Monotypic.

Photograph of two wild individuals (female and male) taken in Ethiopia by @LaughingDove :

African Grey Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, and south to central Namibia, northeast South Africa and Eswatini in the south, with populations also extending into the southwest Arabian Peninsula; absent from coastal West Africa, the Congo Basin and much of adjacent Central Africa.

Two subspecies are currently recognised as follows:

L. n. nasutus - occurs throughout the northern portion of the species range, as far south as northern Sierra Leone, northern Uganda and northeast Kenya, and also into the Arabian Peninsula.
L. n. epirhinus - occurs throughout the southern portion of the species range, as far north as southern Uganda and central Kenya.

Photograph of a captive individual (L. n. nasutus) taken at Twycross Zoo, UK by @Malayan Tapir :

Photograph of a wild individual (L. n. epirhinus) taken in Kruger National Park, South Africa by @wstefan :

Pale-billed Hornbill (Lophoceros pallidirostris)

The range of this species extends throughout south-central Africa from central Angola in the west, through southern DRC, Zambia and Malawi, to southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

L. p. pallidirostris - found throughout the western portion of the species range, from central Angola to eastern Zambia.
L. p. neumanni - found throughout the eastern portion of the species range, from eastern Zambia to southeast Tanzania and northeast Mozambique.

No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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[TeaLovingDave]

Tockus


Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)

The range of this species extends throughout the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of northeast Africa, from Eritrea in the north to northeast Tanzania in the south, and west to south-central South Sudan and northeast Uganda.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive individual taken at Haus des Meeres, Austria by @Goura :

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)

The range of this species extends throughout south-central Africa, from southwest Angola in the west to southernmost Malawi and west-central Mozambique in the east, and south through Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to north-central South Africa, Eswatini and adjacent eastern South Africa.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

T. l. elegans - restricted to southwest Angola and adjacent regions of northwest Namibia.
T. l. leucomelas - found throughout remainder of the species' range.

Photograph of a wild individual (T. l. leucomelas) taken in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana by @Maguari :

Jackson's Hornbill (Tockus jacksoni)

The range of this species extends throughout northwest Kenya and adjacent regions of eastern Uganda and southeast South Sudan, and possibly southwest Ethiopia.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken at Baringo, Kenya by @lintworm :

Von der Decken's Hornbill (Tockus deckeni)

The range of this species extends throughout the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of northeast Africa, from north-central Ethiopia in the north to central Tanzania in the south, and east into southern Somalia.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Zoo Antwerpen, Belgium by @KevinB :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Parc de Cleres, France by @Therabu :

Monteiro's Hornbill (Tockus monteiri)

The range of this species extends from southwest Angola to west-central Namibia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Southern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris)

The range of this species extends from southwest Angola and northern Namibia in the west to northeast Zambia, Malawi and northern Mozambique in the east, and south to north-central and northeast South Africa.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken in Kruger National Park, South Africa by @wstefan :

Damara Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus damarensis)

The range of this species extends throughout central and northwest Namibia, and immediately-adjacent regions of southwest Angola.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus ruahae)

Endemic to central and southern Tanzania.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken at Katavi National Park, Tanzania by @lintworm :

Western Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus kempi)

The range of this species extends throughout Senegal and The Gambia east to the Inner Niger Delta of south-central Mali.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken at Denton Bridge, The Gambia by @vogelcommando :

Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)

The range of this species extends throughout the sub-Saharan savannas south of the Sahel, from Sierra Leone in the west to Eritrea and northern Somalia in the east, and south from here through Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda into Kenya and central Tanzania.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive individual taken at Whipsnade Zoo, UK by @ro6ca66 :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Berenicornis


White-crowned Hornbill (Berenicornis comatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, and also north into southernmost Myanmar.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Vogelpark Avifauna, Netherlands by @KevinB :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Zoo Negara, Malaysia by @Toki :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Horizocerus


Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus)

The range of this species extends throughout coastal West Africa from southern Sierra Leone and Guinea in the west to southern Benin in the east.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

H. a. albocristatus - found from southern Sierra Leone in the west to western Ivory Coast in the east.
H. a. macrourus - found from eastern Ivory Coast in the west to southern Benin in the east.

Photograph of a captive individual (H. a. albocristatus) taken at Bird Paradise, Singapore by @Kaelio :

Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus cassini)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Congo Basin and adjacent regions of Central Africa and coastal West Africa, from southern Nigeria in the west to the extreme west of Uganda in the east, and south to north-central Angola and southwest DRC.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Western Dwarf Hornbill (Horizocerus hartlaubi)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations in West Africa and the Congo Basin west of the Congo; from Sierra Leone and Liberia in the west to southeast Ghana in the east; and from southwest Nigeria in the west to the extreme west of Central African Republic in the east, and south from here into Gabon and western Congo.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Eastern Dwarf Hornbill (Horizocerus granti)

The range of this species extends throughout the Congo Basin east of the Congo, extending throughout central and northern DRC into immediately-adjacent regions of Congo, western Uganda and southwest South Sudan.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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[TeaLovingDave]

Ceratogymna


Yellow-casqued Hornbill (Ceratogymna elata)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and highly-fragmented distribution throughout coastal West Africa, from southwest Senegal and adjacent Guinea-Bissau in the west to southeast Nigeria and western Cameroon in the east.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Emerald Forest Bird Gardens, USA by @ThylacineAlive :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Hong Kong Zoo, China by @aardvark250 :

Black-casqued Hornbill (Ceratogymna atrata)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout coastal West Africa and the Congo Basin, from Sierra Leone and southeast Guinea in the east to southern South Sudan and western Uganda in the east, and south to northwest Angola and south-central DRC.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Zoo Boise, USA by @Ituri :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Vogelpark Niendorf, Germany by @vogelcommando :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Bycanistes


Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout eastern Africa, from the highlands of central Ethiopia in the north to central Mozambique and adjacent southeast Zimbabwe in the south.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Attica Zoo, Greece by @StreptopeliaNL :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Bird Kingdom, Canada by @StellarChaser :

Grey-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout West Africa, the Congo Basin and adjacent regions of Central Africa, from Sierra Leone and western Liberia in the west to Uganda, southwest Kenya and western Tanzania in the east; a disjunct population occurs in northeast Angola.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

B. s. subcylindricus - found from Sierra Leone in the west to western Nigeria in the east.
B. s. subquadratus - found throughout the remainder of the species' range as above.

Photograph of a captive male (B. s. subquadratus) taken at Zoo Veldhoven, Netherlands by @Sicarius :

Photograph of a captive female (B. s. subquadratus) taken at Faunapark Flakkee, Netherlands by @KevinB :

Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus)

The range of this species extends throughout coastal West Africa from Sierra Leone in the west to south-central Ghana in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


White-thighed Hornbill (Bycanistes albotibialis)

The range of this species extends throughout the Congo Basin from southeast Nigeria in the west to northeast DRC and westernmost Uganda in the east, and south to southwest Congo and westernmost DRC; a disjunct population occurs in southwest Nigeria and adjacent areas of southern Benin.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Nanning Zoo, China by @Himimomi :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Wildlife World Zoo-Aquarium, USA by @Arizona Docent :

Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator)

The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central and eastern Africa, from south-central Kenya in the north to southeast South Africa in the south, and west through southern DRC, Zambia and Zimbabwe to north-central Angola.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Paris Zoo, France by @Therabu :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Roger Williams Park Zoo, USA by @Leaf Productions :

Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator)

The range of this species extends throughout much of West Africa, the Congo Basin and adjacent regions of Central Africa, from Senegal in the west to southwestern South Sudan and western Uganda in the east, and south to northern Angola and south-central DRC.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

B. f. fistulator - found throughout West Africa from Senegal in the west to western Nigeria in the east.
B. f. sharpii - found throughout the western Congo Basin and adjacent regions of West Africa, from south-central Nigeria in the west to western DRC in the east, and south to northern Angola.
B. f. duboisi - found throughout the eastern Congo Basin and adjacent regions of Central Africa, from Central African Republic in the west to southwest South Sudan and western Uganda in the east, and south to central and southeast DRC.

Photograph of a captive male (B. f. fistulator) taken at Bird Paradise, Singapore by @Zooish :

Photograph of a captive male (B. f. sharpii) taken at Zoo Veldhoven, Netherlands by @Tomek :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Rhinoplax


Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and Borneo, and also north into the extreme south of Myanmar.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Penang Bird Park, Malaysia by @devilfish :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Penang Bird Park, Malaysia by @devilfish :

 

[lintworm]

Tockus


Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)

The range of this species extends throughout the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of northeast Africa, from Eritrea in the north to northeast Tanzania in the south, and west to south-central South Sudan and northeast Uganda.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive individual taken at Haus des Meeres, Austria by @Goura :

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)

The range of this species extends throughout south-central Africa, from southwest Angola in the west to southernmost Malawi and west-central Mozambique in the east, and south through Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to north-central South Africa, Eswatini and adjacent eastern South Africa.

Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

T. l. elegans - restricted to southwest Angola and adjacent regions of northwest Namibia.
T. l. leucomelas - found throughout remainder of the species' range.

Photograph of a wild individual (T. l. leucomelas) taken in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana by @Maguari :

Jackson's Hornbill (Tockus jacksoni)

The range of this species extends throughout northwest Kenya and adjacent regions of eastern Uganda and southeast South Sudan, and possibly southwest Ethiopia.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken at Baringo, Kenya by @lintworm :

Von der Decken's Hornbill (Tockus deckeni)

The range of this species extends throughout the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of northeast Africa, from north-central Ethiopia in the north to central Tanzania in the south, and east into southern Somalia.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Zoo Antwerpen, Belgium by @KevinB :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Parc de Cleres, France by @Therabu :

Monteiro's Hornbill (Tockus monteiri)

The range of this species extends from southwest Angola to west-central Namibia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Southern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris)

The range of this species extends from southwest Angola and northern Namibia in the west to northeast Zambia, Malawi and northern Mozambique in the east, and south to north-central and northeast South Africa.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken in Kruger National Park, South Africa by @wstefan :

Damara Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus damarensis)

The range of this species extends throughout central and northwest Namibia, and immediately-adjacent regions of southwest Angola.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus ruahae)

Endemic to central and southern Tanzania.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken at an unspecified location in Tanzania by @lintworm :

Western Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus kempi)

The range of this species extends throughout Senegal and The Gambia east to the Inner Niger Delta of south-central Mali.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken at Denton Bridge, The Gambia by @vogelcommando :

Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)

The range of this species extends throughout the sub-Saharan savannas south of the Sahel, from Sierra Leone in the west to Eritrea and northern Somalia in the east, and south from here through Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda into Kenya and central Tanzania.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive individual taken at Whipsnade Zoo, UK by @ro6ca66 :

The Tanzanian red-billed hornbill was made in Katavi National Park in SW-Tanzania. I have seen the (sub)species in Ruaha too, but unfortunately no pictures from the place it was named after.

I should also have a better picture of a black-billed woodhoopoe, but I will check once I get home.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Buceros


Rufous Hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax)

The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines from Luzon in the north to Mindanao and Basilan in the south; absent from much of the western Philippines, including Palawan, Panay, Negros, Mindoro and associated islands.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

B. h. hydrocorax - endemic to Luzon and Marinduque
B. h. mindanensis - endemic to Mindanao and Basilan
B. h. semigaleatus - found throughout the smaller islands of east-central Philippines

Photograph of a captive male (B. h. hydrocorax) taken at Pairi Daiza, Belgium by @KevinB :

Photograph of a captive male (B. h. mindanensis) taken at Bird Paradise, Singapore by @DannySG :

Photograph of a captive male (B. h. semigaleatus) taken at Tarsier Botanika, Philippines by @alexkant :

Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern Malay Peninsula into Sumatra, Borneo and Java.

Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:

B. r. rhinoceros - found from southern Thailand in the north, through Peninsular Malaysia into Sumatra in the south.
B. r. borneoensis - endemic to Borneo
B. r. silvestris - endemic to Java

Photograph of a captive male (B. r. rhinoceros) taken at Colchester Zoo, UK by @Javan Rhino :

Photograph of a captive female (B. r. rhinoceros) taken at Colchester Zoo, UK by @ThylacineAlive :

Photograph of a captive female (B. r. borneoensis) taken at Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, Malaysia by @Nick@Amsterdam :

Photograph of a captive male (B. r. silvestris) taken at Chester Zoo, UK by @hmb_zoo :

Photograph of a captive female (B. r. silvestris) taken at Weltvogelpark Walsrode, Germany by @Jakub :

Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of south-east Asia, from north-central India in the west, through the southern foothills of the Himalayas to north-central Myanmar and south-east China in the east, and south from here throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra; a disjunct population is present in the Western Ghats of southwest India.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Vogelpark Avifauna, Netherlands by @KevinB :

Photograph of a wild female taken at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand by @ralph :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Anorrhinus


Bushy-crested Hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula and into Sumatra and Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Dusit Zoo, Thailand by @devilfish :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore by @Writhedhornbill :

Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)

The range of this species extends from Assam in northeast India into adjacent regions of northern Myanmar, and from here patchily throughout northern, central and eastern Indochina; a disjunct population is present in southwest Cambodia.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive female (right) alongside a captive female A. tickelli (left) taken at Pata Zoo, Thailand by @devilfish :

Rusty-cheeked Hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli)

The range of this species is restricted to southern Myanmar and adjacent regions of western Thailand in the northern Malay Peninsula.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Khao Kheow Forest & Wildlife Reserve Park, Thailand by @Jackwow :

See above for photograph of a captive female taken at Pata Zoo, Thailand by @devilfish
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[TeaLovingDave]

Ocyceros


Indian Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros birostris)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Peninsular India and immediately-adjacent regions of northeast Pakistan, southern Nepal and western Bangladesh; absent from west-central and coastal eastern India.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild individual taken at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, India by @Maguari :

Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus)

Endemic to the Western Ghats of southwest India.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild female taken at Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, India by @Chlidonias :

Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros gingalensis)

Endemic to Sri Lanka.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild male taken in Sinharaja, Sri Lanka by @Chlidonias :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Anthracoceros


Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus)

The range of this species extends patchily from southern Thailand throughout the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Bird Paradise, Singapore by @FoxBat

Photograph of a captive female taken at Nowe Zoo Poznan, Poland by @Therabu :

Sulu Hornbill (Anthracoceros montani)

Endemic to the Sulu Archipelago.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Malabar Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations; in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of southwest India; and throughout east-central India.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a wild male taken in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka by @Chlidonias :

Photograph of a wild female taken at Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka by @ralph :

Oriental Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southeast Asia, from northeast India in the west throughout the southern foothills of the Himalayas to northeast Myanmar and south-central China in the east, and from here south through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Two subspecies are currently recognised as follows:

A. a. albirostris - found throughout the range of the species except as below
A. a. convexus - found throughout Peninsular Malaysia and Sundas as far east as Bali.

Photograph of a wild male (A. a. albirostris) taken in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand by @LaughingDove :

Photograph of a captive female (A. a. albirostris) taken at Khao Kheow Forest & Wildlife Reserve Park, Thailand by @Jackwow :

Photograph of a wild male (A. a. convexus) taken at Pasir Ris, Singapore by @okapisam :

Photograph of a captive female (A. a. convexus) taken at Bird Paradise, Singapore by @LeMandaiEnthusiast‧ :

Palawan Hornbill (Anthracoceros marchei)

Endemic to Palawan and associated islands of the western Philippines.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Palawan Wildlife Center, Philippines by @alexkant :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Zoo Wroclaw, Poland by @Tomek :

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Aceros


Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)

The range of this species represents three patchily-distributed disjunct populations in southeast Asia; from Bhutan and Assam into northern Myanmar and immediately-adjacent southern China; from east-central Myanmar through northern Thailand and northern Laos into northwestern Vietnam; and in southernmost Cambodia and immediately-adjacent regions of western Thailand.

Monotypic.

Photograph of a captive male taken at Yadanabon Zoo, Myanmar by @Chlidonias :

Photograph of a captive female taken at Naypyitaw Zoo, Myanmar by @Chlidonias :