Hornbills

Piping Hornbill

Bycanistes fistulator

The Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) is a 508 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Hornbills

Order

Bucerotiformes

Weight

508 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

18

Recorded in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Eq. Guinea, Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Central African Rep., Benin, Senegal, Guinea.

Where to see it: Fleuve Mono NT Boat Trip (Togo); Tombingo Forest (Angola); Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary (Sierra Leone); LuiKotale Camp (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Gola Rainforest NP · East (Sierra Leone).

Photo: (c) Roland Godon, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist