Eastern yellow-billed hornbill

Eastern yellow-billed hornbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Tockus
Species: T. flavirostris
Binomial name
Tockus flavirostris
(Rüppell, 1835)
     approximate distribution

The eastern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus flavirostris), also known as the northern yellow-billed hornbill,[1] is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It resembles the southern yellow-billed hornbill, but has blackish (not pinkish) skin around the eyes.

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Tockus flavirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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