Damara Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus damarensis (Shelley, 1888)

Damara Red-billed Hornbill, Tockus damarensis, is a hornbill of south-west Angola, northern Namibia and western Botswana in Africa. It belongs to the Bucerotidae family and was described by Shelley in 1888. It is one of the red-billed hornbills, a group that was once treated as a single species. In its range, it is associated with grassland and savannah, where it nests or rests in local trees.

Order

Bucerotiformes

Family

Bucerotidae — Hornbills

Breeding range

Africa: sw Angola, n Namibia and w Botswana