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| | ;[[:Category:Tockus|Tockus]] monteiri | | ;[[:Category:Tockus|Tockus]] monteiri |
| - | [[Image:Monteiros_Hornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by sparrowbirder <br/>Photographed in Windhoek, Namibia ]] | + | [[Image:Monteiros_Hornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|sparrowbirder|sparrowbirder}}<br/>Windhoek, Namibia, November 2004]] |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | 54 to 58 cm. White belly, black back, white spots on the wings, white secondary flight feathers and outer feathers of the long tail. Females are smaller with turquoise facial skin. Black eyes, red beak. | | 54 to 58 cm. White belly, black back, white spots on the wings, white secondary flight feathers and outer feathers of the long tail. Females are smaller with turquoise facial skin. Black eyes, red beak. |
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| | North-western [[Namibia]] and south-western [[Angola]]. | | North-western [[Namibia]] and south-western [[Angola]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Monotypic. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> |
| | + | The southern population has in the past been separated as subspecies ''marjoriae''. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Arid savanna, especially rocky and hilly areas. | | Arid savanna, especially rocky and hilly areas. |
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| | Diet includes insects and other small arthropods. | | Diet includes insects and other small arthropods. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | Gibbon, G. 2002. Roberts' Multimedia Birds of Southern Africa: Version 3. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. [http://www.sabirding.co.za/ www.sabirding.co.za] | + | #Gibbon, G. 2002. Roberts' Multimedia Birds of Southern Africa: Version 3. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. [http://www.sabirding.co.za/ www.sabirding.co.za] |
| - | | + | #Lepage D. 2007. [http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/ Avibase]. Search for "Monteiro's Hornbill" downloaded 7 April 2008. |
| - | Lepage D. 2007. [http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/ Avibase]. Search for "Monteiro's Hornbill" downloaded 7 April 2008. | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Tockus+monteiri}} | | {{GSearch|Tockus+monteiri}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tockus]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tockus]] |
Current revision
- Tockus monteiri
[edit] Identification
54 to 58 cm. White belly, black back, white spots on the wings, white secondary flight feathers and outer feathers of the long tail. Females are smaller with turquoise facial skin. Black eyes, red beak.
[edit] Distribution
North-western Namibia and south-western Angola.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
The southern population has in the past been separated as subspecies marjoriae.
[edit] Habitat
Arid savanna, especially rocky and hilly areas.
[edit] Behaviour
3 to 5 white-greyish eggs are laid and incubated for about 45 days. The nest is built in rock faces or trees.
Diet includes insects and other small arthropods.
[edit] References
- Gibbon, G. 2002. Roberts' Multimedia Birds of Southern Africa: Version 3. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. www.sabirding.co.za
- Lepage D. 2007. Avibase. Search for "Monteiro's Hornbill" downloaded 7 April 2008.
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