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Western Long-tailed Hornbill

Horizocerus albocristatus

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 289 g
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 1
Photo: Valentin Moser · CC BY 4.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 2
Photo: Valentin Moser · CC BY 4.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 3
Photo: Rafael Würtemberger · CC BY 4.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 4
Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 5
Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 6
Photo: Noelia >:) · CC BY 2.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 7
Photo: Christy Banister · CC BY 2.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 8
Photo: Christy Banister · CC BY 2.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 9
Photo: Gautier Poupeau from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0
Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus), photo 10
Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0

About the Western Long-tailed Hornbill

The western long-tailed hornbill is a species of hornbill found in humid forests of West Africa. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the eastern long-tailed hornbill with the English name "white-crested hornbill".

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it lives

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

When to see it

Peak activity in November · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Western Dwarf Hornbill (Horizocerus hartlaubi) Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubiIt is black with a curved beak and a wide white brow above its eye.

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