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Western Dwarf Hornbill
Horizocerus hartlaubi (Gould, 1861)
Bucerotidae — Hornbills
Western Dwarf Hornbill, Horizocerus hartlaubi, is a hornbill of the African rainforest, breeding from southern Guinea and southern Sierra Leone to Gabon and the Congo Basin west of the Congo River. It belongs to the Bucerotidae family in the order Bucerotiformes. First described by Gould in 1861, it was once treated as the same species as the Eastern Dwarf Hornbill. It is black, with a curved bill and a broad white brow above the eye.
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Bucerotidae — Hornbills
- Breeding range
- Africa: s Guinea and s Sierra Leone to Gabon and the Congo Basin west of the Congo River
