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Tockus

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Tockus
A female southern red-billed hornbill
Call of a northern red-billed hornbill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Tockus
Lesson, 1830
Type species
Buceros erythrorhynchus[1]
(Temminck), 1823
Species

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Tockus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.

Description

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Hornbills in the genus Tockus are medium-sized African birds with triangular shaped curved bills. They can be found in tropical and sub-tropical African grasslands, forests and savannahs. They all have long tail feathers which are black on the exterior and white on the interior.

Species

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The genus contains the following ten species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Bucerotidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  • Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Robert's Birds of South Africa, 6th Edition