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Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris] (= Tockus erythrorhynchus) (Temminck, CJ 1823)

The northern red-billed hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found from southern Mauritania through Somalia and northeast Tanzania. There are five species of red-billed hornbills recognized, but all five were once considered conspecific and some authorities still classify the others as subspecies of Tockus erythrorhynchus. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Bucerotiformes
Family:
  Bucerotidae
Genus:
   Tockus
Scientific:
  Tockus erythrorhynchus


Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1823)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.36 species19

Protonym:
  Buceros erythrorhynchus


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  15EDF57313AD06DE

Avibase ID:
  avibase-15EDF573

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/15EDF573


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554406

Geographic range:

  • Tockus erythrorhynchus: Sierra Leone to Somalia and south to Tanzania
  • Tockus ruahae: Central and southern Tanzania
  • Tockus kempi: Senegambia to (Mali) inner Niger delta
  • Tockus rufirostris: Angola and n Namibia to Mozambique and e South Africa
English:
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill
French:
Calao à bec rouge, C. du Ruaha, C. de Kemp ou C. d'Afrique du Sud


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi, rufirostris or damarensis]

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Afrikaans: Rooibekneushoringvoël
Catalan: Calau de bec vermell
Czech: zoborožec rudozobý
Danish: Rødnæbbet Toko
German: Nördlicher Rotschnabeltoko, Rotschnabeltoko
English: Northern, Tanzanian, Western or Southern Red-billed Hornbill, Red-billed Hornbill
Esperanto: Ruĝbeka kornbekulo
Spanish: Toco piquirrojo
Estonian: savanni-sarvnokk
Finnish: punanokkatoko
French: Calao à bec rouge, Calao à bec rouge, C. de Tanzanie, C. occidental ou C. d'Afrique du Sud, Calao à bec rouge, C. du Ruaha, C. de Kemp ou C. d'Afrique du Sud, Calao à bec rouge, C. du Ruaha, C. occidental ou C. d'Afrique du Sud
Irish: Cornóg ghobdhearg
Hungarian: piroscsőrű tokó
Italian: Bucero beccorosso
Japanese (romaji): akahashikosaichou
Japanese: アカハシコサイチョウ
Scientific: Buceros erythrorhynchus, Tockus [erythrorhynchus, ruahae, kempi or rufirostris], Tockus erythrorhynchus, Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus
Lithuanian: Raudonsnapis tokas
Dutch: Roodsnaveltok
Norwegian: Rødnebbtoko
Polish: toko białogrzbiety
Portuguese: Calau-de-bico-vermelho
Russian: Красноклювый токо
Slovak: toko červenozobý
Swedish: nordlig rödnäbbstoko
Swahili: Fimbi Domo-jekundu
Ukrainian: Токо червонодзьобий
Chinese: 红嘴弯嘴犀鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 紅嘴犀鳥

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