Tockus
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| name = Tockus
| image = Southern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris), Borakalalo NP, South Africa (9822585154).jpg
| image_caption = A female southern red-billed hornbill
| image2 = Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) (022A-WA03044X0014-0010M0).ogg
| image2_caption = Call of a northern red-billed hornbill
| taxon = Tockus
| authority = Lesson, 1830
| type_species = Buceros erythrorhynchus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=92 |title= Bucerotidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-26}}
| type_species_authority = (Temminck), 1823
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
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Tockus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.
Description
Hornbills in the genus Tockus are medium-sized African birds with triangular shaped curved bills. They can be found in tropical and sub-tropical African grasslands, forests and savannahs. They all have long tail feathers which are black on the exterior and white on the interior.
Species
- Monteiro's hornbill (Tockus monteiri)
- Red-billed hornbill group
- Northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
- Damara red-billed hornbill (Tockus damarensis)
- Southern red-billed hornbill (Tockus rufirostris)
- Tanzanian red-billed hornbill (Tockus ruahae)
- Western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi)
- Yellow-billed hornbill group
- Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)
- Eastern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)
- Von der Decken's hornbill (Tockus deckeni)
- Jackson's hornbill (Tockus jacksoni)
References
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- Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Robert's Birds of South Africa, 6th Edition
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Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
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