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Common Name

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Alternate Names

Common Type

Hornbill

Order

Bucerotiformes

Family

Bucerotidae

Genus

Tockus

Species

deckeni

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Von der Deckens Hornbill Tanzania 1, Von der Deckens Hornbill Tanzania 2, Von der Deckens Hornbill Tanzania 3, Von der Deckens Hornbill Tanzania 4

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Non Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Savannas and dryer bushlands

Distribution and Range

Southern Africa

Food

Feeds on fruits and large insects.

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Field Notes:

Named after German explorer Baron Karl Klaus von der Decken. Two or three eggs are laid in a tree hole, which is blocked off with the female inside with a cement made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. The male transfers food to the mother and chicks through a narrow aperture.

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