Black-casqued hornbill

The black-casqued hornbill (Ceratogymna atrata) or black-casqued wattled hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is widely spread across the African tropical rainforest.

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

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Ceratogymna
Species:
C. atrata
Binomial name
Ceratogymna atrata
(Temminck, 1835)
Male black-casqued hornbill skeleton (Museum of Osteology)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ceratogymna atrata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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