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| - | [[Image:Bradfield's_hornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by safariranger<br>Location: Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana ]] | + | [[Image:Bradfield's_hornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|safariranger|v}}<br />Savuti, [[Chobe National Park]], [[Botswana]], August 2008]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Tockus|Tockus]] bradfieldi | | ;[[:Category:Tockus|Tockus]] bradfieldi |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | 50-57 cm. White belly, black back and wings, yellow iris, long white tail, long, red bill. '''Female''' - turquoise facial skin and smaller. | + | 50-57 cm |
| | + | *White belly |
| | + | *Black back and wings |
| | + | *Yellow iris |
| | + | *Long white tail |
| | + | *Long red bill<br /> |
| | + | '''Female''':smaller |
| | + | *Turquoise facial skin |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | North eastern [[Namibia]], north [[Botswana]], southern [[Angola]] and east [[Zimbabwe]]. | + | [[Africa]]<br /> |
| | + | '''Western Africa''': southern [[Angola]]<br /> |
| | + | '''Eastern Africa''': south-western [[Zambia]]<br /> |
| | + | '''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], northern [[Botswana]], North-western [[Zimbabwe]] |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Monotypic. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Woodlands and mixed thorn fields. | + | Open mopane woodland and mixed thornveld. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | The diet includes fruits, large insects, nuts and small reptiles. | | The diet includes fruits, large insects, nuts and small reptiles. |
| - | | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase |
| | + | #Wikipedia |
| | + | #BF Member observations |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Tockus+bradfieldi}} | | {{GSearch|Tockus+bradfieldi}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tockus]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tockus]] |
Revision as of 20:18, 25 July 2010
- Tockus bradfieldi
Identification
50-57 cm
- White belly
- Black back and wings
- Yellow iris
- Long white tail
- Long red bill
Female:smaller
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: southern Angola
Eastern Africa: south-western Zambia
Southern Africa: Namibia, northern Botswana, North-western Zimbabwe
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Open mopane woodland and mixed thornveld.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fruits, large insects, nuts and small reptiles.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
External Links
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