Damara Red-billed Hornbill vs Western Red-billed Hornbill

Damara Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus damarensis

Medium210 gShrubland

Damara red-billed hornbills are small species of African hornbills. They have curved dark to bright red bills with their nostrils on the upper beak close to their eyes. Their heads are covered in greyish-white feathers with dark grey feathers running along the back of their heads and upper half of the neck. Like all red-billed hornbills, Damara red-billed hornbills have wings covered in circles of white feathers surrounded by black or dark brown feathers.

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Recorded by Joris Komen · Call, duet, territorial duet · Brakwater, Khomas, Namibia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Tamir Gershberg · CC BY 4.0

Western Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus kempi

182 gWoodland

Western red-billed hornbills are small hornbills in the genus Tockus. They have curved red beaks which are more orange on the lower beak and more bright red on the upper beak, with both ending with a dark orange colour. Their heads are greyish white and have black feathers along the back of their heads and neck. They have white plumage on their faces and large dark grey eye rings. Their sclera is dark brown and their pupils are black.

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Photo: riendre · CC BY 3.0

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