Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus leucomelas(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842)
English (US) Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
The Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) 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.
- Scientific name
- Tockus leucomelas
- Family
- Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Tockus leucomelas elegans
- Tockus leucomelas leucomelas
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Buceros leucomelas
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842)
- Type locality
- Kaffirland.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss einer Sammlung von Säugethieren und Vögeln aus dem Kaffernlande (etc.) p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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