Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator(Temminck, CJ, 1824)
English (US) Trumpeter Hornbill
The Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bucerotidae (Hornbills) in the order Bucerotiformes.
Range: forest of south-central and southeastern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bycanistes bucinator
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Trumpeter Hornbill
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buceros bucinator
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.48, vol.2 pl.284
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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