Hemprich's Hornbill
Lophoceros hemprichii(Ehrenberg, CG, 1833)
English (US) Hemprich's Hornbill
The Hemprich's Hornbill (Lophoceros hemprichii) 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: rocky euphorbia areas of Ethiopia to northwestern Kenya and UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophoceros hemprichii
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hemprich's Hornbill
- Described by
- (Ehrenberg, CG, 1833)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buceros, Lophoceros, Hemprichii
- Described by
- (Ehrenberg, CG, 1833)
- Type locality
- Ethiopian coastlands.
- Original description
- Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongolam Syrian Arabiam et Habessianiam publico institutis (etc.) sig.aa p.51
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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