Western red-billed hornbill | |
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male in Gambia | |
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | Bucerotidae |
Subfamily: | Bucerotinae |
Genus: | |
Species: | T. kempi |
Binomial name | |
Tockus kempi Tréca & Érard, 2000 |
The western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found from Senegal and Gambia to southern Mauritania and western Mali. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific.
male, The Gambia
Male at a nest entrance in The Gambia