Crowned Hornbill
Lophocerus alboterminatus
Riverine forests. Blackish above, white below; large red bill with yellow base.
Hornbills
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Fairly common resident. Told by casque on the red bill and entirely dark grey-brown upper parts. Immature has a more orange bill and buff-tipped feathers on the upper parts. The call is a series of melancholy, piping whistles. Occurs in riverine forest fringes, the canopy and fringes of lowland and coastal forests and well-wooded valleys. Feeds in trees and roosts conspicuously on high, slender branches.
Quick Facts
Size
50-57 cm - L
Names
A: Gekroonde Neushoringvoël
Z: umKhololwane
Ss: Korwe Ya Moqhaka
G: Kronentoko
Bird Family
Insectivorous and frugivorous birds with large, decurved bills, sometimes with a horny casque on the upper mandible. Arboreal or terrestrial feeders, or both, they nest in holes in trees (among rocks in a few species) and, in most species, the female seals herself in during incubation. Their flight is heavy and undulating with periods of gliding.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs in riverine 'forest' fringes, the canopy and fringes of lowland and coastal forests and well-wooded valleys.
