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What the Damara Red-billed Hornbill sounds like
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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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When to see the Damara Red-billed Hornbill
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Damara Red-billed Hornbill
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Damara Red-billed Hornbill
The Damara red-billed hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in southwest Angola and northern Namibia. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific.
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Easily confused with
Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostrisThe Eastern yellow-billed hornbill, also known as the northern yellow-billed hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.
Monteiro's HornbillTockus monteiriIt is a medium-sized bird, 54–58 cm (21–23 in) in length.
Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoniJackson's hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.
Side by side: Damara Red-billed Hornbill vs Von der Decken's Hornbill · Damara Red-billed Hornbill vs Western Red-billed Hornbill · Damara Red-billed Hornbill vs Monteiro's Hornbill
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