Biology:Horizocerus

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Short description: Genus of birds


Horizocerus
Tropicranus albocristatus -Central Park Zoo-6a-4c.jpg
White-crested hornbill, Horizocerus albocristatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Horizocerus
Oberholser, 1899
Species

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Horizocerus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, that are native to West Africa.

Species

The genus contains the following four species:[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Horizocerus hartlaubi Western dwarf hornbill south Guinea and south Sierra Leone to Gabon and the Congo Basin west of the Congo River
Horizocerus granti Eastern dwarf hornbill Democratic Republic of the Congo and east central Congo to west Uganda
Tropicranus albocristatus -Central Park Zoo-6.jpg Horizocerus albocristatus Western long-tailed hornbill Guinea to Benin in West Africa
Horizocerus cassini Eastern long-tailed hornbill Nigeria to north Angola and west Uganda

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (December 2023). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/mousebirds/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q19816414 entry