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Black-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna atrata
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About the Black-casqued Hornbill
The black-casqued hornbill (Ceratogymna atrata), or black-casqued wattled hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found fairly commonly across sub-Saharan Africa, being known from Sierra Leone and Liberia in Western Africa (as well as most of the West African nations along the Gulf of Guinea), south to Angola and east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda. They are currently considered of near threatened, and their population is declining.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Ceratogymna atrata
- Family
- Hornbills
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
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