Wednesday, July 11, 2012

>Tockus flavirostris (Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill)

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill


Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Bucerotidae
Genus:Tockus
Species:T. flavirostris
Binomial name
Tockus flavirostris
(Rüppell, 1835)
Approximate distribution in blue
The Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris), formerly Northern Yellow-billed Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in Djibouti,Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It resembles the Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, but has blackish (not pinkish) skin around the eyes.

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