List of Birds of Sudan - 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 16 species which occur in Sudan.

  • Black Dwarf Hornbill Tockus hartlaubi
  • Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Tockus camurus
  • Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
  • Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
  • Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
  • Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
  • African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus
  • Hemprich's Hornbill Tockus hemprichii
  • African Gray Hornbill Tockus nasutus
  • Piping Hornbill Ceratogymna fistulator
  • Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna brevis
  • Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna subcylindricus
  • Brown-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna cylindricus
  • White-thighed Hornbill Ceratogymna albotibialis
  • Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
  • Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus

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