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[[Image:African_Pied_Hornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}]]
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[[Image:Congo Pied Hornbill by martinuk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br />Semliki National Park, Bundibugyo District, [[Uganda]]<br /> 16th July 2013]]
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;[[Category:Lophoceros]] [[:Category:Lophoceros|Lophoceros]] fasciatus
'''Includes: Congo Pied Hornbill, West African Pied Hornbill'''
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
54cm<br />
 
54cm<br />
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'''Male'''
 
*Mainly black
 
*Mainly black
*White belly and tail tip
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*Belly white
*Long curved black and yellow bill
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*Tail black with white outer feathers
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*Bill is long, curved with red tip and streaks along cutting edge and cask into mostly yellow bill
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*Bare skin at throat and around eye are both blue
 
*Medium-sized casque<br />
 
*Medium-sized casque<br />
Sexes are similar, but the '''female''' has a smaller casque<br />
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Sexes are similar, but the '''female''' has a smaller casque, black instead of red in bill, and orange in bare skin at throat
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'''Immature birds''' are duller, have a smaller bill, and no casque.  
 
'''Immature birds''' are duller, have a smaller bill, and no casque.  
[[Image:31141africanpiedhornbill.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|xentox|xentox}}<br />Zwedru. [[Liberia]], April 2006]]
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Equatorial [[Africa]]:<br />
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[[Africa]]: [[Nigeria]] (east of Niger River) to [[Angola]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and [[Uganda]]
'''Western Africa''': [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], The [[Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
 
'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]]
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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[[Congo Pied Hornbill]] and [[West African Pied Hornbill]] were formerly one species with the name of African Pied Hornbill.
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Formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Tockus|Tockus]]''.
 
Formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Tockus|Tockus]]''.
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====Subspecies====
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species[[#References|[1]]].
  
Subspecies ''semifasciatus'' may be split as "West African Pied Hornbill", ''L. semifasciatus'', in which case subspecies ''fasciatus'' becomes "African Pied Hornbill" or "Congo Pied Hornbill", ''L. fasciatus'' (strict sense)
 
====Subspecies====
 
Taxa we include here which Clements recognises [[#References|[1]]]:
 
*''L. f. semifasciatus'': "'''West African Pied Hornbill'''". [[Senegambia]] to just east of Niger River
 
*''L. f. fasciatus'': "'''Congo Pied Hornbill'''". [[Nigeria]] (east of Niger River) to [[Angola]], [[Zaire]] and [[Uganda]]
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Forests and scrub.
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Forests, second growth, riverine forest, and gardens; does require presence of large trees.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
====Breeding====
 
====Breeding====
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The diet includes fruit and insects.
 
The diet includes fruit and insects.
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====Vocalisation====
The call is a whistling ''pii-pii-pii-pii-''.
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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==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct23}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.2}}#Kirwan, G. M., A. C. Kemp, and P. F. D. Boesman (2023). Congo Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus), 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.afphor3.01
#Avibase
 
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|"Lophoceros fasciatus" {{!}} "African Pied Hornbill"}}  
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{{GSearch|"Lophoceros fasciatus" {{!}} "Congo Pied Hornbill"}}  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:17, 26 May 2024

Photo © by martinuk
Semliki National Park, Bundibugyo District, Uganda
16th July 2013
Lophoceros fasciatus

Identification

54cm
Male

  • Mainly black
  • Belly white
  • Tail black with white outer feathers
  • Bill is long, curved with red tip and streaks along cutting edge and cask into mostly yellow bill
  • Bare skin at throat and around eye are both blue
  • Medium-sized casque

Sexes are similar, but the female has a smaller casque, black instead of red in bill, and orange in bare skin at throat

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

Distribution

Africa: Nigeria (east of Niger River) to Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Taxonomy

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

Formerly placed in the genus Tockus.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

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

Behaviour

Breeding

The nest is in a tree hole and 4 white eggs are laid. During incubation, the entrance is blocked leaving a small gap to enable the male to pass food through to the female and chicks. Eventually the female breaks out and rebuilds the wall. Both adults then feed the chicks.

Diet

The diet includes fruit and insects.

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/
  3. Kirwan, G. M., A. C. Kemp, and P. F. D. Boesman (2023). Congo Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus), 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.afphor3.01

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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