Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (Lophoceros camurus) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 104 g

Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (Lophoceros camurus), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (Lophoceros camurus), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (Lophoceros camurus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Antoine Thivolle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (Lophoceros camurus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill

The red-billed dwarf hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is distributed across the African tropical rainforest.

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Ghana Uganda Côte d’Ivoire Congo - Kinshasa Gabon Equatorial Guinea Cameroon Nigeria Congo - Brazzaville Sierra Leone Liberia Central African Republic

Recorded as a rare visitor in Guinea.

When to see it

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Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichiiHemprich's hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.

Pale-billed HornbillLophoceros pallidirostrisThe pale-billed hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.

Bradfield's HornbillLophoceros bradfieldiBradfield's hornbill is an African hornbill.

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