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WILDLIFE: BIRDS: RED-BILLED HORNBILL
 
Red-billed hornbill
Class: Aves
 
Order: Coraciiformes
 
Family: Bucerotidae
 
Genus and species: Tockus erythrorhynchus
 
Common name:
Red-billed hornbill

 


Common in dry bush and arid savannah below 1,400 m. Absent from the Indian Ocean coast, the lake Victoria basin and the wet areas of Rift and Highlands. It can be recognised by the red-orange bill, the body largely whitish and the spotted wings. Frequently visits the lodges.

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