List of Birds of Kenya - 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 13 species which occur in Kenya.

  • Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
  • Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
  • Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
  • Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
  • Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
  • Hemprich's Hornbill Tockus hemprichii
  • African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
  • Pale-billed Hornbill Tockus pallidirostris
  • Trumpeter Hornbill Ceratogymna bucinator
  • Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna brevis
  • Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna subcylindricus
  • Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
  • Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri

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