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| - | {{incomplete}} | + | [[Image:Von_der_Deckens_Hornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Jankees|Jankees}}]] |
| | + | '''Alternative names: Decken's Hornbill''' |
| | ;[[:Category:Tockus|Tockus]] deckeni | | ;[[:Category:Tockus|Tockus]] deckeni |
| - | [[Image:Von_der_Deckens_Hornbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Jankees]] | |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | White underparts and head, black upperparts, long tail and a long curved bill. Sexes are similar, but the female has a black bill, whereas the male's bill is red and cream. | + | 35cm. A small, pied Hornbill. |
| - | | + | * White underparts |
| | + | * Black wings with white middle secondaries and middle greater coverts |
| | + | * Long black tail, outer retrices white |
| | + | * White head with black around eye and on crown |
| | + | * Red bill and casque with yellow outer half |
| | + | * Fleshy throat skin |
| | + | Females are smaller and have a smaller black bill and casque.<br /> |
| | + | Juveniles have a small dark horn bill with yellow patches and spotted wing-coverts. |
| | + | [[Image:VanDeckersHornbillFemale 1659 m.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />{{user|Carole-Anne|Carole-Anne}}<br />Serengeti National park, [[Tanzania]], July 2010]] |
| | + | ====Similar species==== |
| | + | [[Jackson's Hornbill]] has spotted wing-coverts. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Eastern [[Africa]], especially to the east of the Rift Valley, from [[Ethiopia]] south to [[Tanzania]]. | + | Eastern [[Africa]], especially to the east of the Rift Valley, from [[Ethiopia]] south to [[Tanzania]].<br /> |
| - | | + | Widespread and locally common. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> |
| | + | [[Jackson's Hornbill]] was formerly considered a subspecies of this species. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Thorn scrub and similar arid habitats. | | Thorn scrub and similar arid habitats. |
| - | | |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | The diet includes insects, fruit and seeds. It is a ground feeder. | + | The diet includes insects, fruit and seeds.<br /> |
| - | | + | Forages mainly on ground but also high up in fruiting trees.<br /> |
| - | 2-3 white eggs are laid in a tree hole, which is blocked off with a cement made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow opening, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks. Once the chicks and the female are too big to fit in the nest, the mother breaks out and rebuilds the wall, then both parents feed the chicks. | + | Breeding season February to July. 2-4 white eggs are laid in a tree hole, which is blocked off with a cement made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow opening, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks. Once the chicks and the female are too big to fit in the nest, the mother breaks out and rebuilds the wall, then both parents feed the chicks. |
| - | | + | ==References== |
| - | | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol6}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Tockus+deckeni}} | | {{GSearch|Tockus+deckeni}} |
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| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tockus]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tockus]] |
Current revision
Alternative names: Decken's Hornbill
- Tockus deckeni
[edit] Identification
35cm. A small, pied Hornbill.
- White underparts
- Black wings with white middle secondaries and middle greater coverts
- Long black tail, outer retrices white
- White head with black around eye and on crown
- Red bill and casque with yellow outer half
- Fleshy throat skin
Females are smaller and have a smaller black bill and casque.
Juveniles have a small dark horn bill with yellow patches and spotted wing-coverts.
[edit] Similar species
Jackson's Hornbill has spotted wing-coverts.
[edit] Distribution
Eastern Africa, especially to the east of the Rift Valley, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania.
Widespread and locally common.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Jackson's Hornbill was formerly considered a subspecies of this species.
[edit] Habitat
Thorn scrub and similar arid habitats.
[edit] Behaviour
The diet includes insects, fruit and seeds.
Forages mainly on ground but also high up in fruiting trees.
Breeding season February to July. 2-4 white eggs are laid in a tree hole, which is blocked off with a cement made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow opening, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks. Once the chicks and the female are too big to fit in the nest, the mother breaks out and rebuilds the wall, then both parents feed the chicks.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- 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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