Von Decken's Hornbill

Photos copyright: AS/monacoeye • Serengeti • Oct 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Von Decken’s Hornbill
Latin: Tockus deckeni
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Family: Bucerotidae • Hornbills

Here is a male Von Decken’s Hornbill in the Serengeti in Tanzania. The male has red on the bill whereas the female has a black bill. The range of Von Decken’s Hornbill extends from Tanzania into other parts of east Africa.

The Hornbills sometimes get their own 56-species order, the Bucerotiformes. Otherwise they are placed in the Coraciiformes with Kingfishers, Rollers and Bee-eaters. Superb birds!