Northern red-billed hornbill
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The northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found from southern Mauritania through Somalia and northeast Tanzania. There are five species of red-billed hornbills recognized, but all five were once considered conspecific and some authorities still classify the others as subspecies of Tockus erythrorhynchus.[2]
| Northern red-billed hornbill | |
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| Male, Lake Baringo, Kenya | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Tockus |
| Species complex: | Tockus erythrorhynchus complex |
| Species: | T. erythrorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tockus erythrorhynchus (Temminck, 1823) | |
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| Resident range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alophius erythrorhynchus | |
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