Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hornbills :: Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus

Described by: Boddaert (1783)
Alternate common name(s): Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Northern Ground-Hornbill
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Ethiopia - Feb 20, 2008 © Nancy Bell  near Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda - Jul, 2002 © Don Roberson  near Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda - Sep 15, 2008 © Karen Honeycutt 
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Range

N. sub-Saharan Africa;
N. of the equator in s. Mauritana, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, upper Niger River, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, s. Niger, n. Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, n. Cameroon, s. Chad n. to 16°N, Central African Republic, sw. and s. Sudan, Ethiopia (Semien Mountains), Eritrea, nw. Somalia, ne. Zaire, n. Uganda and nw. Kenya.

Videos

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Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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