Saturday, July 21, 2012

>Ceratogymna atrata (Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill)

Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill


Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill
A pair at the Jardin d'Oiseaux Tropicaux, France
(female on left and male on right)
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Bucerotidae
Genus:Ceratogymna
Species:C. atrata
Binomial name
Ceratogymna atrata
(Temminck, 1835)
The Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill or Black-casqued Hornbill(Ceratogymna atrata) is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo,Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

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