Black dwarf hornbill

Black dwarf hornbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Horizocerus
Species: H. hartlaubi
Binomial name
Tockus hartlaubi
Gould, 1861
Synonyms

Tockus hartlaubi

The black dwarf hornbill or western little hornbill (Horizocerus hartlaubi) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

Description

It is black with a curved beak and a wide white brow above its eye.

References

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


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