Female © Alain Fossé
Male © Jay McGowan
Male © Chris Wood
Male © Jean-Louis Carlo
+ 4
Male © Rafael Merchante
Female © Jean-François Garin
Male and female © Raymond Marsh

Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi

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Identification

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Fairly small, slim, long-tailed hornbill. Note the red bill, dark eye with a ring of black skin, and heavily spotted back. White patches on the wing and outer tail are conspicuous in flight. Found in savanna and woodland. Call is a series of clucks that starts with single notes, then becomes louder and more emphatic, with doubled notes. Similar to Northern Red-billed Hornbill, but separated by the black rather than pale bare skin around the eye.

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