West African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros semifasciatus(Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
English (US) West African Pied Hornbill
The West African Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros semifasciatus) 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: Senegambia to just east of Niger RiverRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophoceros semifasciatus
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- West African Pied Hornbill
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buceros semifasciatus
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
- Type locality
- Rio Boutry, Gold Coast.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 3, no.17 p.356
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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