Biology:West African pied hornbill

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Short description: Species of bird

West African pied hornbill
African pied hornbill (Tockus fasciatus semifasciatus) male.jpg
Male L. semifasciatus, Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Lophoceros
Species:
L. semifasciatus
Binomial name
Lophoceros semifasciatus
(Hartlaub, 1855)
Tockus fasciatus - Distribution.png
Range of Congo and West Africa pied hornbill

The West African pied hornbill (Lophoceros semifasciatus) is a bird of the hornbill family, a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.[2]

The West African pied hornbill is found in West Africa, from south Nigeria to Senegal and Gambia—primarily in secondary forest areas of the Guinean-Congolese forest,[citation needed] and is threatened by forest fragmentation.[3] It was previously considered conspecific with the Congo pied hornbill, and was split in IOC 13.2.[2]

It is a frugivore.[4]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Lophoceros semifasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T61612971A118859362. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T61612971A118859362.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61612971/118859362. Retrieved 16 July 2023. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). 2023. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/. 
  3. ↑ Mynott, Holly Isabelle; Lee, David Charles; Santillan, Rhea Aranas; Jürgen Schwarz, Christian; Tacud, Benjamin; Fernandez, Arcel Dryden; Kerhoas, Daphne (2021-09-01). "Population assessment and habitat associations of the Visayan Hornbill Penelopides panini in Northwest Panay, Philippines". Avian Research 12 (1): 67. doi:10.1186/s40657-021-00303-3. PMID 34868606. 
  4. ↑ Chaves, Patrícia P.; Timóteo, Sérgio; Gomes, Sara; Rainho, Ana (2022-03-25). "Response of avian and mammal seed dispersal networks to human-induced forest edges in a sub-humid tropical forest". Journal of Tropical Ecology 38 (4): 199–209. doi:10.1017/s0266467422000062. ISSN 0266-4674. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467422000062. 

Further reading

  • Birds of The Gambia by Barlow, Wacher and Disley, ISBN:1-873403-32-1

Wikidata ☰ Q31873577 entry




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