Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus leucomelas - Calao leucomèle

Calao leucomèle
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Bucerotiformes

  • Family
    :

    Bucérotidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tockus

  • Species
    :

    leucomelas

Descriptor

Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 40 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 182 à 215 cm.
  • Weight
    : 138 à 242 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Calao leucomèle
♂ adult plum. breeding
Calao leucomèle
♀ adult

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) is a species of bird in the Bucerotidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Tockus leucomelas leucomelas (Namibia to w Mozambique and n South Africa)
  • Tockus leucomelas elegans (sw Angola)

Foreign names

  • Calao leucomèle,
  • Toco piquigualdo sureño,
  • calau-de-bico-amarelo-austral,
  • Rotringtoko,
  • déli sárgacsőrű tokó,
  • Zuidelijke Geelsnaveltok,
  • Bucero beccogiallo meridionale,
  • sydlig gulnäbbstoko,
  • Banantoko,
  • toko červenolíci,
  • zoborožec jihoafrický,
  • Kaffertoko,
  • etelänkeltatoko,
  • Suidelike Geelbekneushoringvoël,
  • calau becgroc meridional,
  • toko czerwonolicy,
  • Южный желтоклювый ток,
  • ミナミキバシコサイチョウ,
  • 南黄弯嘴犀鸟,
  • 南方黃嘴犀鳥,

Voice song and cries

Calao leucomèle
adult

Habitat

Calao leucomèle
♂ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 15-09-2013
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