Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
Riverine forest. Large pied hornbill with huge bill and casque.
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common lowland resident. Distinguished from [Silvery-cheeked Hornbill] by smaller size, dusky (not yellow) bill, pink (not blueish) facial skin, white edges on underwings and more white on the underparts. The characteristic call resembles the crying of a baby, a loud and far-carrying ‘waaaa-aaa-aaa-aaa-aaaaaa’ often uttered by several birds at once. Small flocks frequent well-developed riverine forests, lowland forests and moist woodland, feeding in the canopy of large fruiting trees.
Quick Facts
Size
58-65 cm - L
Names
A: Gewone Boskraai
Z: imemela
Ss: Koro Ya Leramasweu
G: Trompeter-Hornvogel
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
Small 'flocks' frequent well-developed riverine forests, lowland forests and moist woodland, feeding in the canopy of large fruiting trees.
