African Grey Hornbill

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

Bird name: African Grey Hornbill
Latin: Tockus nasutus
Other:
Family: Bucerotidae • Hornbills

Nice shots of a female African Grey Hornbill at Lake Manyara in Tanzania. Its range extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and into Arabia.

The female African Grey Hornbill can be distinguished from the male by the red she has on her bill, where the male’s bill is black.