List of Birds of Tanzania - 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 11 species which occur in Tanzania.

  • Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
  • Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
  • Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
  • Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
  • African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus
  • African Gray Hornbill Tockus nasutus
  • Pale-billed Hornbill Tockus pallidirostris
  • Trumpeter Hornbill Ceratogymna bucinator
  • Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna brevis
  • Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna subcylindricus
  • Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri

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