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Trumpeter Hornbill
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Genus: Bycanistes

[edit] Description

Large African Hornbills.

• Black-and-white plumage
• Males with much larger casque than females

Like the genus Ceratogymna they live in forests and their behaviour is similar to the Asian Hornbills.

[edit] Taxonomy

Bycanistes is a genus in the Family Bucerotidae.
It is sometimes included in the genus Ceratogymna.

[edit] References

1. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 2001. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334306

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