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The white-thighed hornbill (Bycanistes albotibialis) is a species of hornbill. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the brown-cheeked hornbill.
All species in this genus have black and white plumage. The plumage of the sexes is similar, but the casque of the male is larger than that of the female. Recent genetic data shows that Bycanistes is the sister taxon to ground hornbills , this clade having diverged from the rest of the hornbill lineage early on. [ 2 ]
Female great hornbill Hornbills are birds in the families Bucerotidae and Bucorvidae. There are currently 62 extant species of hornbills recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union, two in Bucorvidae and 60 in Bucerotidae. Many species of fossil hornbills are known from the Miocene onwards; however, their exact number and taxonomy are unsettled due to ongoing discoveries. Conventions ...
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White-thighed hornbill, Bycanistes albotibialis; Genus Horizocerus. White-crested hornbill, Horizocerus albocristatus; Black dwarf hornbill, Horizocerus hartlaubi; Genus Tockus. Red-billed dwarf hornbill, Tockus camurus; Monteiro's hornbill, Tockus monteiri; Red-billed hornbill group Northern red-billed hornbill, Tockus erythrorhynchus
The black-and-white-casqued hornbill is found in wooded habitats in central and western Africa, ranging from western Kenya to Côte d'Ivoire with an isolated population in north Angola. The black-and-white-casqued hornbill is found mostly in Ivory-Coast, with smaller populations in its surrounding countries for West-African populations.