Red-billed Hornbill
Bird. The red-billed hornbill is the most commonly seen hornbill in Kenya. These social birds gather in small groups or pairs. They like to stay in one place, defending a territory up to 10 hectares (25 acres).
The red-billed hornbill is considered a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
African red-billed hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
The red-bill lives in open savanna, woodland and thorn scrub in sub-Saharan Africa. It is an omnivore, eating fruit, insects and small animals.
Red-billed hornbills have a thin, red bill and pale head with dark gray, neck and white face. Their body is sooty brown with white stripe down center, white belly, black with white spotted primaries, and black tail.
Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrohynchus): Kenyabirds ... Kenyalogy ... Samburu National Park, Kenya ... African World Hornbills Network: African Red-billed Hornbills ... Mangoverde
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Red-billed hornbills usually occur in pairs or small parties. They are sedentary and defend a permanent territory that may range up to 25 acres.
Red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
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Red-billed Hornbills are regularly preyed upon by large raptors and sometimes taken by puff adders. It was probably the first hornbill to be bred in captivity (1928). A captive male survived for at least 18 years.
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African Red-billed Hornbill
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Hornbills come in a large range of sizes from the small Dwarf Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus camurus) weighing in at 111 grams to the Great Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) standing nearly 3 ft tall and weighing 4190 grams.
 See also: Hornbill, Parrot, Fly, Roller, Trumpeter
  
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