Lophoceros
| Lophoceros | |
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| Crowned hornbill, Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Lophoceros Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 |
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Lophoceros is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lophoceros alboterminatus | Crowned hornbill | northeastern Africa |
 | Lophoceros bradfieldi | Bradfield's hornbill | northern Botswana, southern Angola and eastern Zimbabwe |
_cropped.jpg) | Lophoceros fasciatus | African pied hornbill | The Gambia to western Uganda and northern Angola |
.jpg) | Lophoceros hemprichii | Hemprich's hornbill | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda |
 | Lophoceros pallidirostris | Pale-billed hornbill | Angola, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. |
 | Lophoceros nasutus | African grey hornbill | Sub-Saharan Africa and into Arabia |
.jpg) | Lophoceros camurus | Red-billed dwarf hornbill | Angola, Benin, 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, and Uganda. |
References
- Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Robert's Birds of South Africa, 6th Edition
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