List of Birds of Namibia - 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 10 species which occur in Namibia.

  • Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri (NE)
  • Damara Hornbill Tockus damarensis (NE)
  • Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
  • Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
  • Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
  • Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
  • Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi
  • African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
  • Trumpeter Hornbill Ceratogymna bucinator
  • Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri

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