List of Birds of Niger - Hornbills

Hornbills

Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Bucerotidae

Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured. There are 57 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Niger.

  • Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
  • African Gray Hornbill Tockus nasutus
  • Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus

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