Crowned Hornbill

Lophoceros alboterminatus Büttikofer, 1889

Crowned Hornbill, Lophoceros alboterminatus, is an African hornbill found from south-west Ethiopia and southern Somalia to northern and western Angola and eastern South Africa. It lives in coastal and riverine forests across that range. The bird is a medium-sized species with a white belly, black back and wings, and white tips to the long tail feathers. It has yellow eyes, a red bill and a stout casque on the upper mandible. Females have a smaller casque. It was described by Büttikofer in 1889.

Order

Bucerotiformes

Family

Bucerotidae — Hornbills

Breeding range

Africa: sw Ethiopia and s Somalia to n, w Angola and e South Africa