Tockus

Tockus
A female southern red-billed hornbill
Call of a northern red-billed hornbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotinae
Genus: Tockus
Lesson, 1830
Species

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Tockus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.

Species

The white-crested hornbill is sometimes placed in Tockus, but most now place it in Tropicranus.

References

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