Von der Decken's hornbill is a hornbill found in East Africa, especially to the east of the East African Rift, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania. It is found mainly in thorn scrub and similar arid habitats. Jackson's hornbill is often treated as a subspecies of it. It was named after the German explorer Baron Karl Klaus von der Decken (1833–1865). Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Cabanis, JL 1868)
Reference:
J. f. Orn.
16, no.96 p.413
Protonym:
Buceros (Rhynchaceros) Deckeni
Type locality:
East Africa; type locality fixed as Seyidie Prov., Kenya Colony, Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 57, 1937, p. 138.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103094#page/429/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
3F26B5B130039618
Avibase ID:
avibase-3F26B5B1
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3F26B5B1
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554410
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Von der Decken's or Jackson's Hornbill ( Tockus [deckeni or jacksoni]) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Von der Decken's Hornbill ( Tockus deckeni) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Von der Decken's Hornbill ( Tockus deckeni) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Von der Decken's Hornbill ( Tockus deckeni) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Von der Decken's Hornbill ( Tockus deckeni) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Von der Decken's Hornbill ( Tockus deckeni) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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