Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)

Northern Red-billed Hornbill, a reference photo — Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found from southern Mauritania through Somalia and northeast Tanzania. There are five species of red-billed hornbills recognized, but all five were once considered conspecific and some authorities still classify the others as subspecies of Tockus erythrorhynchus.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Northern Red-billed Hornbill being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Tockus damarensis
Tockus ruahae
Tockus kempi
Tockus rufirostris
Tockus jacksoni
Tockus deckeni

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Tockus
Species: Tockus erythrorhynchus

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