Friday, July 20, 2012

>Bycanistes cylindricus (Brown-cheeked Hornbill)

Brown-cheeked Hornbill


Brown-cheeked Hornbill
Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Bucerotidae
Genus:Bycanistes
Species:B. cylindricus
Binomial name
Bycanistes cylindricus
(Temminck, 1824)
Synonyms
Ceratogymna cylindricus (Temminck, 1824)
The Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus) is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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