Brown-cheeked hornbill
| Brown-cheeked hornbill | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae/Bucorvidae |
| Genus: | Bycanistes |
| Species: | B. cylindricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bycanistes cylindricus (Temminck, 1824) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ceratogymna cylindricus (Temminck, 1824) | |
The brown-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus) is a species of hornbill in the Bucorvidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Bycanistes cylindricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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