Biology:Piping hornbill
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Short description: Species of bird
| Piping hornbill | |
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| At Birds of Eden aviary, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Bycanistes |
| Species: | B. fistulator
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| Binomial name | |
| Bycanistes fistulator (Cassin, 1850)
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The piping hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) is a bird in the hornbill family. This black-and-white species is found in humid forest and second growth in Central and West Africa, ranging from Senegal east to Uganda and south to Angola. At about 50 cm (20 in) in length, it is the smallest member of the genus Bycanistes.
An individual in flight with a palm nut between its bill. LUFASI Nature Park, Lagos, Nigeria
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Bycanistes fistulator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22725962A132234122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22725962A132234122.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22725962/132234122. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
- Piping hornbill, sound recordings, xeno-canto
Wikidata ☰ Q746019 entry
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