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West African Pied Hornbill - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by michha62
Coastal forest, Gambia, 26 February 2007
Lophoceros semifasciatus

Identification

  • Mostly black
  • Belly white
  • Tail has white tips on outer feathers in male only.
  • Bill has black tip, which extends along the cutting edge and the cask of the otherwise pale bill

Immature birds are duller, have a smaller bill, and no casque.

Distribution

Africa: Senegambia to just east of Niger River

Taxonomy

Congo Pied Hornbill and West African Pied Hornbill were formerly one species with the name of African Pied Hornbill.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

Photo © by whiteheadedvulture
Manso Nkwanta-Ashanti, Ghana, 5 August 2022

Habitat

Forests, second growth, riverine forest, and gardens; does require presence of large trees.

Behaviour

Food consists of fruit, insects, and smaller numbers of other small animals.

Vocalisation

A series of whistles that lasts 5-8 seconds and contains 20-30 notes. These increase both in pitch and amplitude during the series.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

Kirwan, G. M., A. C. Kemp, and P. F. D. Boesman (2023). West African Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros semifasciatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney and N. D. Sly, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.afphor2.01

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