Tockus | |
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A female southern red-billed hornbill | |
Call of a northern red-billed hornbill | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | Bucerotidae |
Genus: |
Tockus Lesson, 1830 |
Type species | |
Buceros erythrorhynchus
[1] (
Temminck), 1823
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Species | |
See text. |
Tockus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.
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.
The genus contains the following ten species: [2]